Assessing the Impact of Plants Richness for the Conservation of Forest Birds in Ode-Irele, Ondo State, Nigeria
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2019-09-16
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Wildlife Society of Nigeria
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Conservation of birds in fragments of forest habitats is important to avoid continual loss of bird richness. This study determined the richness and diversity of bird species in relation to the richness of habitat variables of tree, shrub and herb. The study was conducted in the forested bitumen belt of Ode-Irele, Ondo State, Nigeria. Data on birds was evaluated using point count, while vegetation cover was sampled using both 5 m2 and 1 m2 quadrants. Data collected were subjected to descriptive statistics, and linear regression. Result indicates that 31 families of birds were associated with the study area. The families of Accipitridae, Ploceidae, Prionopidae, Columbidae, Alcedinidae, Motacilidae, Nectarinidae, Picidae, Sylviidae, and Turdidae had high species richness. The richness of birds was influenced by the richness of vegetation taxa mostly in arable farmland and riparian habitat. The tree, shrub, and herb layers of the forest habitat are, therefore, useful indices for conservation of birds’ species.
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Birds, Conservation, Forest, Habitats, Species Richness
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22. Ogunsusi, K. and Adeleke, B. O. (2019): Assessing the Impact of Plants Richness for the Conservation of Forest Birds in Ode-Irele, Ondo State, Nigeria. Proceedings of the 3rd Wildlife Society of Nigeria (WISON) Conference held in University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria, 16th – 19th September, 2019, pp 237 - 243.