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ArticleOecologia2026

Increasing bird diversity in a landscape in transition.

António E Monteiro, António Vaz Pato, Luís Reino, Fernando Silla, Henrique M Pereira

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Article in Oecologia, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 authors.

António E MonteiroDepartamento de Biología Animal, Ecología, Parasitología, Edafología y Química Agrícola, Universidad de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain. antonio.monteiro@usal.es.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0006-6136-9129
António Vaz PatoFaculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Campo Grande, Lisboa, 1749- 016, Portugal.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0001-4207-9111
Luís ReinoBIOPOLIS Program in Genomics, Biodiversity and Land Planning, CIBIO, Campus de Vairão, Vairão, 4485-661, Portugal.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9768-1097
Fernando SillaDepartamento de Biología Animal, Ecología, Parasitología, Edafología y Química Agrícola, Universidad de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9943-2572
Henrique M PereiraBIOPOLIS Program in Genomics, Biodiversity and Land Planning, CIBIO, Campus de Vairão, Vairão, 4485-661, Portugal.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1043-1675

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Rural depopulation across Mediterranean uplands has driven farmland extensification and landscape transitions, yet their medium-term impacts on birds remain poorly understood. We resurveyed 213 selected 2 km × 2 km grid cells in the Côa River basin (western Iberia) in 2023-2024, following protocols comparable to those applied in 1999-2005, ensuring consistent sampling across periods. Median alpha diversity increased by five species, a 28% gain, with total abundance rising as common taxa became more widespread. Gains were predominantly driven by forest-associated and generalist species, while farmland specialists showed stagnation or slight declines. We discuss how landscape transitions contributed to these biodiversity patterns including lower human density, reduced grazing pressure, and altered disturbance regimes. However, significant avian diversity gains occurred within apparently stable forest-cover mosaics, potentially masking broader ecological shifts.

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BiodiversityBirdsAnimalsEcosystemForestsBiodiversity changeCommunity assemblageLand abandonmentMediterranean uplandsMonitoringRewildingSpecies richness

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PMID42728473
PMCPMC13569591

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