Small farms with natural landscape features such as shade trees, hedgerows and tracts of intact forest provide a refuge for some tropical bird populations, according to an 18-year study in Costa Rica.
The findings may seem intuitive, but Natalia Ocampo-Penuela, a University of California, Santa Cruz conservation ecologist not involved in the study, said it's extremely rare to have detailed long-term data fromThis photo provided by researchers in September 2023 shows a diversified farm in Finca, Coto Brus, Costa Rica. The landscape integrates multiple crop types, including coffee plants in dark green, and natural vegetation, enhancing its suitability for wildlife.
"It's a huge contribution to have documented that some birds aren't just going there, but staying there and populations are growing," said Ruth Bennett, an ecologist at the Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center, who was not involved in the research. In this photo provided by researchers, a bare-throated tiger heron guards its nest in a tree at the edge of a rice farm in Guanacaste, Costa Rica, in June 2017. Small farms with natural landscape features such as shade trees, hedgerows and tracts of intact forest provide a refuge for some tropical bird populations, according to an 18-year study in Costa Rica, published on Monday, Sept. 4, 2023, in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Credit: J.
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