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Soil conservation techniques in vineyards increase passerine diversity and crop use by insectivorous birds

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Pages 193-203 | Received 05 Dec 2013, Accepted 02 Mar 2014, Published online: 29 Apr 2014

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Figure 1. Location of the study area in the Ronda, Málaga province, Andalusia (southern Spain) and the three vineyards (BSV, bare soil vineyard; CMV, chemically managed vineyard; MMV, mechanically managed vineyard).

Figure 1. Location of the study area in the Ronda, Málaga province, Andalusia (southern Spain) and the three vineyards (BSV, bare soil vineyard; CMV, chemically managed vineyard; MMV, mechanically managed vineyard).

Table 1. Farmwork and crop management in the three vineyards studied. Co = control vineyard with bare soil; Ch = chemically managed vineyard with herbaceous cover; and Me = mechanically managed vineyard with herbaceous cover.

Table 2. Landscape metrics used to analyse the landscape structure around and inside focal fields. Statistical test are ANOVA or Kruskall–Wallis. Mean ± standard errors for the three vineyards are presented except where nonsignificant when an overall mean is presented: Co = control, Ch = chemically managed, and Me = mechanically managed.

Figure 2. Passerine bird species richness (total, insectivore, and granivore) in the three vineyards. Bars represent means with their standard errors.

Figure 2. Passerine bird species richness (total, insectivore, and granivore) in the three vineyards. Bars represent means with their standard errors.

Figure 3. Passerine bird relative abundance (total, insectivore, and granivore) in the three vineyards. Bars represent means with their standard errors.

Figure 3. Passerine bird relative abundance (total, insectivore, and granivore) in the three vineyards. Bars represent means with their standard errors.

Figure 4. Relative abundance of specialist bird species in the three vineyards. Bars represent means with their standard errors.

Figure 4. Relative abundance of specialist bird species in the three vineyards. Bars represent means with their standard errors.

Figure 5. Diversity and dominance in the bird community across the three vineyards. Bars represent means with their standard errors.

Figure 5. Diversity and dominance in the bird community across the three vineyards. Bars represent means with their standard errors.

Table 3. Results of the GLM models analysing factors affecting the species richness and relative abundance (dependent variables) in the vineyards.

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