,Habitat use of urban Tree Sparrows in the process of urbanization:Beijing as a case study

• 作 者: Shuping ZHANG Guangmei ZHENG Jiliang XU
• 机 构: College of Life Science,Beijing Normal University,Beijing 100875,China“,”College of Life and Environ
• 出 处: 中国高等学校学术文摘·生物学
• 发表日期: 2008年3期
• 关键词: urbanization Tree Sparrow (Passer monta-nus) habitat use Beijing

The Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus) is a dom-inant species in urban bird communities.With the devel-opment of urbanization,the habitats and sources of food for Tree Sparrows are decreasing.Can the urban Tree Sparrow adapt to changes in the urban environment? To answer this question,we studied the habitat use of Tree Sparrows in eight types of urban areas in Beijing.The results show that the number of both breeding and winter-ing Tree Sparrows decreased with increasing urbanization.The habitat use of Tree Sparrows,analyzed using stepwise discriminant analysis,was positively correlated with the number of brick bungalows,coniferous and broad-leaved trees and air conditioners.It was negatively correlated with the area of high buildings and hardened roads,pedestrian and automobile flux.This indicates that the Tree Sparrow had not adapted to rapid urbanization even though it is a generally adaptable species.Urban planning should take birds such as the Tree Sparrow into consideration.