Descrição
This dataset documents bird communities across different districts of the city of Montpellier (France). Standardized surveys were conducted during winter and spring in 2005 and 2006 to assess the effects of urbanization, landscape structure, and vegetation cover on urban avifauna.
The dataset includes:
- Biological data: species composition and abundance of bird communities per sampling point, by season (winter, spring) and by year.
- Environmental conditions: information related to building density and age, vegetation indices, and urban landscape characteristics (collected during the study but not included in this published dataset).
These data were produced as part of Sabina Caula’s PhD research, which explored urban birds as ecological and socio-economic indicators. The project aimed to analyze how urbanization and landscape structure influence bird biodiversity and the ecological quality of urban green spaces in Montpellier. The dataset provides a reproducible baseline for assessing long-term changes in bird communities and urban landscapes over time.
License: CC BY 4.0
Contacts: Jean-Louis Martin (ORCID), Aurélien Besnard (ORCID)
Registros de Dados
Os dados deste recurso de ocorrência foram publicados como um Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A), que é o formato padronizado para compartilhamento de dados de biodiversidade como um conjunto de uma ou mais tabelas de dados. A tabela de dados do núcleo contém 10.657 registros.
This IPT archives the data and thus serves as the data repository. The data and resource metadata are available for download in the downloads section. The versions table lists other versions of the resource that have been made publicly available and allows tracking changes made to the resource over time.
Versões
A tabela abaixo mostra apenas versões de recursos que são publicamente acessíveis.
Como citar
Pesquisadores deveriam citar esta obra da seguinte maneira:
Martin J, Amparo Caula S (2026). Birdlife in the urban environment: ecological and socio-economic indicator. Version 1.1. Centre d’Ecologie Fonctionnelle & Evolutive (CEFE). Occurrence dataset. https://ipt.gbif.fr/resource?r=jlm_bird&v=1.1
Direitos
Pesquisadores devem respeitar a seguinte declaração de direitos:
O editor e o detentor dos direitos deste trabalho é Centre d’Ecologie Fonctionnelle & Evolutive (CEFE). This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY 4.0) License.
GBIF Registration
Este recurso foi registrado no GBIF e atribuído ao seguinte GBIF UUID: 09219e65-8537-4bc0-b1cd-53b1bd32c165. Centre d’Ecologie Fonctionnelle & Evolutive (CEFE) publica este recurso, e está registrado no GBIF como um publicador de dados aprovado por GBIF France.
Palavras-chave
Occurrence; Urban biodiversity; Bird communities; Community structure; Species distribution; Species abundance; Biodiversity monitoring; Urban ecosystems; Landscape ecology; Environmental gradients; Vegetation cover; Anthropogenic habitats; Conservation biology; Observation
Contatos
https://orcid.org/https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1538-2278
Cobertura Geográfica
The study was conducted in the city of Montpellier (southern France) along a gradient of urbanization. Sampling sites span a range of land-use contexts, from densely built city-centre neighborhoods to residential areas and urban parks, and extend to peri-urban landscapes including agricultural fields/croplands and other open habitats. This gradient was designed to capture how urban form and vegetation cover vary across the city and surrounding areas.
| Coordenadas delimitadoras | Sul Oeste [43,584, 3,816], Norte Leste [43,644, 3,933] |
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Cobertura Taxonômica
Nenhuma descrição disponível
| Reino | Animalia |
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| Class | Aves |
| Ordem | Gruiformes, Columbiformes, Charadriiformes, Bucerotiformes, Galliformes, Caprimulgiformes, Passeriformes, Strigiformes, Pelecaniformes, Piciformes, Coraciiformes, Falconiformes, Accipitriformes |
| Família | Fringillidae, Passeridae, Troglodytidae, Laridae, Sylviidae, Corvidae, Accipitridae, Upupidae, Phylloscopidae, Columbidae, Regulidae, Certhiidae, Hirundinidae, Strigidae, Muscicapidae, Motacillidae, Alaudidae, Aegithalidae, Emberizidae, Phasianidae, Panuridae, Falconidae, Turdidae, Apodidae, Rallidae, Paridae, Picidae, Ardeidae, Oriolidae, Cisticolidae, Sittidae, Sturnidae, Meropidae |
Cobertura Temporal
| Data Inicial / Data final | 2005-01-21 / 2006-12-18 |
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Dados Sobre o Projeto
Nenhuma descrição disponível
| Título | Birdlife in the urban environment: ecological and socio-economic indicator |
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O pessoal envolvido no projeto:
Métodos de Amostragem
Bird communities were surveyed using standardized point count protocols. At each sampling point, observers conducted fixed-duration listening and visual detection sessions to record all bird species seen or heard. Surveys were repeated across seasons to ensure comparability of detection conditions and to capture temporal variation in species presence and activity. The protocol allowed the estimation of species occurrence, relative abundance, and community composition in relation to urban habitat characteristics. All observations were georeferenced and associated with sampling metadata to support ecological and landscape-level analyses.
| Área de Estudo | The study was conducted in the city of Montpellier, southern France, along a gradient of urbanization. Sampling sites were distributed across a range of urban contexts, including densely built city-center districts, residential neighborhoods, urban parks, and peri-urban areas. The spatial design aimed to capture variability in landscape structure, vegetation cover, and anthropogenic pressure across the urban matrix. Surveys were carried out during winter and spring seasons in 2005 and 2006 in order to assess seasonal and inter-annual patterns in bird community composition and abundance. |
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Descrição dos passos do método:
- Field surveys were conducted using standardized point count methods. Sampling locations were selected to represent the diversity of urban habitats along an urbanization gradient. At each point, trained observers performed fixed-duration observation sessions during which all birds seen or heard were recorded. Surveys were carried out during both winter and spring seasons to capture seasonal variation in bird community composition. Following field collection, data were compiled, standardized, and quality-checked. Species identifications were harmonized according to the TAXREF taxonomic reference. Geographic coordinates were verified for consistency, and observation dates were formatted to comply with Darwin Core standards. Abundance values and metadata associated with each sampling event were validated prior to dataset publication.
Citações bibliográficas
- Caula, Sabina, Pascal Marty, and Jean-Louis Martin. "Seasonal variation in species composition of an urban bird community in Mediterranean France." Landscape and Urban Planning 87.1 (2008): 1-9.
Metadados Adicionais
| Identificadores alternativos | 09219e65-8537-4bc0-b1cd-53b1bd32c165 |
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| https://ipt.gbif.fr/resource?r=jlm_bird |