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1. Trends in High Nature Value farmland studies: A systematic review

Author:
Benedetti, Yanina
Source:
European Journal of Ecology 2017 v.3 no.2 pp. 19-32
ISSN:
1339-8474
Subject:
agricultural land; biodiversity conservation; birds; databases; environmental science; farming systems; issues and policy; screening; species diversity; systematic review; Ireland; Italy; Portugal; Spain
Abstract:
... Background. Since the High Nature Value (HNV) concept was defined in the early 1990s, several studies on HNV farmland has been increasing over the past 30 years in Europe, highlighting the interest by scientific community of HNV farming systems supporting biodiversity conservation. The aim of this study was to evaluate the trends and main gaps on HNV farmland peer-reviewed publications in order to ...
DOI:
10.1515/eje-2017-0012

2. Global congruence between cuckoo species richness and biodiversity hotspots

Author:
Benedetti, Yanina,   et al.   ; Morelli, Federico; Moravec, David; Jerzak, Leszek; Tryjanowski, Piotr; Liang, Wei; Møller, Anders Pape;     Show all 7 Authors
Source:
Biological conservation 2019 v.232 pp. 28-34
ISSN:
0006-3207
Subject:
Cuculus canorus; amphibians; birds; cost effectiveness; geographical distribution; human population; light intensity; mammals; monitoring; planning; population density; species richness; Eurasia
Abstract:
... Considering loss of biodiversity a global threat, cost-effective tools for monitoring spatial distribution of species are relevant for conservation planning. The aims of this study were (a) to compare the global pattern of species richness in Cuculidae with species richness of birds, amphibians and mammals; (b) whether it is spatially congruent with hotspot areas of biodiversity at a global scale; ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.biocon.2019.01.025

3. Landscape metrics as indicators of avian diversity and community measures

Author:
Benedetti, Yanina,   et al.   ; Morelli, Federico; Šímová, Petra;     Show all 3 Authors
Source:
Ecological indicators 2018 v.90 pp. 132-141
ISSN:
1470-160X
Subject:
birds; environmental indicators; forests; land use; landscapes; lidar; linear models; spatial variation; species richness; vegetation structure; Czech Republic
Abstract:
... The identification of landscape metrics that could be used as surrogate of biodiversity is still of broad and current interest in ecology. Several landscape metrics used to provide a quantitative description of environmental structure and related to the landscape heterogeneity were proposed in ecological modelling procedures as surrogates or indicators of biodiversity metrics. Most frequently, the ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.ecolind.2018.03.011

4. Cemeteries support avian diversity likewise urban parks in European cities: Assessing taxonomic, evolutionary and functional diversity

Author:
Benedetti, Yanina,   et al.   ; Morelli, Federico; Mikula, Peter; Bussière, Raphaël; Tryjanowski, Piotr;     Show all 5 Authors
Source:
Urban forestry & urban greening 2018 v.36 pp. 90-99
ISSN:
1618-8667
Subject:
birds; cities; functional diversity; grasses; green infrastructure; pollution; species richness; trees; urban parks; urban planning; vegetation structure; Czech Republic; France; Italy
Abstract:
... The aim of this study was to explore different components of avian diversity in two types of urban green areas, parks and cemeteries, in four European countries in relation to environmental characteristics. We studied bird species richness, functional diversity and evolutionary distinctiveness in 79 parks and 90 cemeteries located in four European countries: the Czech Republic, France, Italy and P ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.ufug.2018.10.011

5. Ionizing radiation and taxonomic, functional and evolutionary diversity of bird communities

Author:
Benedetti, Yanina,   et al.   ; Morelli, Federico; Mousseau, Timothy A.; Møller, Anders Pape;     Show all 4 Authors
Source:
Journal of environmental management 2018 v.220 pp. 183-190
ISSN:
0301-4797
Subject:
accidents; birds; ecosystems; forests; ionizing radiation; models; regression analysis; species richness; Ukraine
Abstract:
... Ionizing radiation from nuclear accidents at Chernobyl, Fukushima and elsewhere has reduced the abundance, species richness and diversity of ecosystems. Here we analyzed the taxonomic, functional and evolutionary diversity of bird communities in forested areas around Chernobyl. Species richness decreased with increasing radiation, mainly in 2007. Functional richness, but not functional evenness an ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jenvman.2018.05.032

6. Associations among taxonomic diversity, functional diversity and evolutionary distinctiveness vary among environments

Author:
Benedetti, Yanina,   et al.   ; Morelli, Federico; Perna, Paolo; Santolini, Riccardo;     Show all 4 Authors
Source:
Ecological indicators 2018 v.88 pp. 8-16
ISSN:
1470-160X
Subject:
agricultural land; birds; correlation; entropy; forests; functional diversity; grasslands; models; phylogeny; planning; scientists; species diversity
Abstract:
... Diversity metrics are commonly used to measure or quantify species-level biodiversity in a given area. In recent decades, ecologists developed many measures and indices in order to quantify a larger proportion of information about communities or species assemblages. Commonly these measures are based on species richness or species evenness, in relation to their relative abundance. Among the most co ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.ecolind.2018.01.022

7. Escape behaviour of birds in urban parks and cemeteries across Europe: Evidence of behavioural adaptation to human activity

Author:
Benedetti, Yanina,   et al.   ; Morelli, Federico; Mikula, Peter; Bussière, Raphaël; Jerzak, Leszek; Tryjanowski, Piotr;     Show all 6 Authors
Source:
The Science of the total environment 2018 v.631-632 pp. 803-810
ISSN:
0048-9697
Subject:
anthropogenic activities; birds; environmental factors; escape behavior; grasses; humans; intraspecific variation; lamps; landscapes; men; microhabitats; predators; shrubs; statistical models; trees; urban areas; urban parks; women; Czech Republic; France; Italy; Poland
Abstract:
... Urban environments are very heterogeneous, and birds living in the proximity of humans have to adapt to local conditions, e.g. by changing their behavioural response to potential predators. In this study, we tested whether the escape distance of birds (measured as flight initiation distance; FID) differed between parks and cemeteries, areas characterized by different microhabitat conditions and hu ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.03.118

8. Cuckoos host range is associated positively with distribution range and negatively with evolutionary uniqueness

Author:
Benedetti, Yanina,   et al.   ; Morelli, Federico; Møller, Anders Pape; Liang, Wei; Carrascal, Luis M.;     Show all 5 Authors
Source:
The journal of animal ecology 2018 v.87 no.3 pp. 765-773
ISSN:
0021-8790
Subject:
Cuculidae; breeding; brood parasitism; host range; hosts; least squares; models; parasites; phylogeny
Abstract:
... The evolutionary distinctiveness (ED) score is a measure of phylogenetic isolation that quantifies the evolutionary uniqueness of a species. Here, we compared the ED score of parasitic and non‐parasitic cuckoo species world‐wide, to understand whether parental care or parasitism represents the largest amount of phylogenetic uniqueness. Next, we focused only on 46 cuckoo species characterized by br ...
DOI:
10.1111/1365-2656.12797

9. Global loss of avian evolutionary uniqueness in urban areas

Author:
Benedetti, Yanina,   et al.   ; Ibáñez‐Álamo, Juan Diego; Rubio, Enrique; Morelli, Federico;     Show all 4 Authors
Source:
Global change biology 2017 v.23 no.8 pp. 2990-2998
ISSN:
1354-1013
Subject:
anthropogenic activities; birds; cities; functional diversity; homogenization; phylogeny; species diversity; urban areas; urbanization
Abstract:
... Urbanization, one of the most important anthropogenic impacts on Earth, is rapidly expanding worldwide. This expansion of urban land‐covered areas is known to significantly reduce different components of biodiversity. However, the global evidence for this effect is mainly focused on a single diversity measure (species richness) with a few local or regional studies also supporting reductions in fun ...
DOI:
10.1111/gcb.13567

10. Taxonomic diversity, functional diversity and evolutionary uniqueness in bird communities of Beijing's urban parks: Effects of land use and vegetation structure

Author:
Benedetti, Yanina,   et al.   ; Morelli, Federico; Su, Tongping; Zhou, Bo; Moravec, David; Šímová, Petra; Liang, Wei;     Show all 7 Authors
Source:
Urban forestry & urban greening 2017 v.23 pp. 84-92
ISSN:
1618-8667
Subject:
biodiversity conservation; birds; breeding; cities; community structure; functional diversity; land use; parks; species diversity; trees; urban areas; vegetation structure; China
Abstract:
... The importance of biodiversity conservation is well recognized, and the loss of biodiversity is particularly evident in highly urbanized areas. On the other hand, green spaces inside cities, as parks, can provide a resource for maintaining and increasing biodiversity, especially for bird species. However, only a few studies have addressed the effects of vegetation structure and land use compositio ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.ufug.2017.03.009

11. Cuckoo as indicator of high functional diversity of bird communities: A new paradigm for biodiversity surrogacy

Author:
Benedetti, Yanina,   et al.   ; Morelli, Federico; Møller, Anders Pape; Nelson, Emma; Tichit, Muriel; Šímová, Petra; Jerzak, Leszek; Moretti, Marco; Tryjanowski, Piotr;     Show all 9 Authors
Source:
Ecological indicators 2017 v.72 pp. 565-573
ISSN:
1470-160X
Subject:
birds; breeding; correlation; divergent evolution; environmental factors; functional diversity; hosts; models; niches; species diversity
Abstract:
... We tested the hypothesis that the cuckoo may serve as an effective surrogate for different aspects of biodiversity. Six different measures of biodiversity were estimated for these three bird communities: (a) taxonomic diversity, (b) host species richness, (c) functional richness, (d) functional evenness, (e) functional divergence, and (f) evolutionary distinctiveness. Mixed models were used for st ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.ecolind.2016.08.059

12. Evidence of evolutionary homogenization of bird communities in urban environments across Europe

Author:
Benedetti, Yanina,   et al.   ; Morelli, Federico; Ibáñez‐Álamo, Juan Diego; Jokimäki, Jukka; Mänd, Raivo; Tryjanowski, Piotr; Møller, Anders Pape;     Show all 7 Authors
Source:
Global ecology and biogeography 2016 v.25 no.11 pp. 1284-1293
ISSN:
1466-822X
Subject:
birds; cities; ecoregions; functional diversity; homogenization; land use; phylogeny; planning; rural areas; space and time; species diversity; urban areas; urbanization; Europe
Abstract:
... AIM: The process of urbanization can lead to specialist species being replaced by generalist species in space and time, increasing similarity among bird communities. This phenomenon is termed biotic homogenization and is directly related to taxonomic and functional diversity. However, the effects of urbanization on phylogenetic diversity remain unclear. Our study addresses the effects of the proce ...
DOI:
10.1111/geb.12486

13. Testing bird response to roads on a rural environment: A case study from Central Italy

Author:
Benedetti, Yanina,   et al.   ; Morelli, Federico; Jerzak, Leszek; Pruscini, Fabio; Santolini, Riccardo; Tryjanowski, Piotr;     Show all 6 Authors
Source:
Acta oecologica 2015 v.69 pp. 146-152
ISSN:
1146-609X
Subject:
biodiversity; birds; breeding; case studies; data collection; habitats; humans; issues and policy; landscapes; linear models; planning; rural roads; vegetation; wildlife; Italy
Abstract:
... The construction of roads is currently well spread in many parts of our world and impacts strongly on wildlife distribution. Some bird species avoid, while other prefer to be in the vicinity of these human structures. However, studies on roads effects on birds, in terms of strength or direction of these effects, are scarce. Therefore, in a study carried out in Central Italy we tested the responses ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.actao.2015.10.006

14. Selective monoamine oxidase B inhibition by an Aphanizomenon flos-aquae extract and by its constitutive active principles phycocyanin and mycosporine-like amino acids

Author:
Benedetti, Yanina,   et al.   ; Scoglio, Stefano; Benvenuti, Francesca; Battistelli, Serafina; Canestrari, Franco; Benedetti, Serena;     Show all 6 Authors
Source:
Phytomedicine 2014 v.21 pp. 992-997
ISSN:
0944-7113
Subject:
Aphanizomenon flos-aquae; amine oxidase (flavin-containing); amino acids; anxiety; dose response; inhibitory concentration 50; learning; neurodegenerative diseases; phycocyanin
Abstract:
... Aphanizomenon flos-aquae (AFA) is a fresh water unicellular blue-green alga that has been traditionally used for over 25 years for its health-enhancing properties. Recent studies have shown the ability of a proprietary AFA extract (Klamin®) to improve mood, counteract anxiety, and enhance attention and learning. Aim of this study was to test the monoamine oxidase (MAO) inhibition activity of the s ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.phymed.2014.03.006

15. Landscape heterogeneity metrics as indicators of bird diversity: Determining the optimal spatial scales in different landscapes

Author:
Benedetti, Yanina,   et al.   ; Morelli, Federico; Pruscini, Fabio; Santolini, Riccardo; Perna, Paolo; Sisti, Davide;     Show all 6 Authors
Source:
Ecological indicators 2013 v.34 pp. 372-379
ISSN:
1470-160X
Subject:
altitude; biodiversity; biogeography; birds; breeding; ecosystems; forests; geographic information systems; grasslands; habitats; land cover; landscapes; models; population size; surveys; trophic relationships
Abstract:
... Species distribution models are often used to study the biodiversity of ecosystems. The modelling process uses a number of parameters to predict others, such as the occurrence of determinate species, population size, habitat suitability or biodiversity. It is well known that the heterogeneity of landscapes can lead to changes in species’ abundance and biodiversity. However, landscape metrics depen ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.ecolind.2013.05.021