Geo-statistical Approaches to Study the Influence of Land Use on Avifauna in North Africa
Author
Aouissi, Hani Amir; Petrişor, Alexandru Ionuţ; Gaagai, Aissam; Ababsa, Mostefa; Kebaili, Feriel KheiraKnowledge Area
UrbanísticaPublication date
2022Publisher
Universidad Politécnica de CartagenaBibliographic Citation
Aouissi, H.A.; Petrişor, A.-I.; Gaagai, A.; Ababsa, M.; Kebaili, F.K. Geo-statistical Approaches to Study the Influence of Land Use on Avifauna in North Africa.En SUPTM 2022: 1st Conference on Future Challenges in Sustainable Urban Planning & Territorial Management, 17–19 Jan 2022Keywords
SUPTM 2022Geo-statistical approaches
Urban ecology
Urban planning
Abstract
Land use and cover changes are important to study for their environmental impact on sustainability. In urban environments, an important controversial question addresses the relationship between urbanization-related changes and biodiversity. Birds are ecologically important, and useful for answering this question. This study builds upon the hypothesis according to which avian diversity decreases with urbanization. 4245 samples from 650 sites in Annaba, obtained through the IPA method, were investigated by computing Shannon-Wiener’s diversity index and the species richness, mapping, and analyzing. The findings indicate a significant decrease of biodiversity from green spaces to urban areas, confirming our hypothesis. Furthermore, the month of observation, LCUC, and vegetation had a significant influence on the abundance. Moreover, the results fill in a lack of data on the biodiversity of the region.
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