Journal of the Japanese Society of Revegetation Technology
Online ISSN : 1884-3670
Print ISSN : 0916-7439
ISSN-L : 0916-7439
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A study of the relationship between rural land use and bird in urban and fringe area from wide perspective
Azusa HAMADAWataru FUKUIMakoto MIZUSHIMASachiko SEKO
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2016 Volume 42 Issue 1 Pages 62-67

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Rural landscape has mosaic structure land-use and such a place can be valuable biological habitat. However, rural landscape has been decreasing recently due to the effects of residential development in urban area and suburb area. In this investigation, we focused on diversity of bird inhabit africultural land and residential land to clarify the relationship between the connectivity of those land-use and birds biodiversity. Through the investigation, we found that Some species that is like Emberiza cioides have negative correlation with dimensions of buildings and road. Alauda arvensis were not found in residential land. In addition, other species that is like Passer montanus and Motacilla alba have positive correation with them. And furthermore, the connectivity of rural land-use also has effect on diversity of birds in an area where the residential development's been expansing.
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