In a coastal wetland with mangroves, lagoons, macrophytes, dunes, sea beaches, rivers overflow planes, etc.., You might consider each of these covers as habitat. Also in those habitats are presented gradients of salinity, oxygen, depth, currents, height of vegetation, sediment type, etc. Is there a classification of microhabitats for wetlands?
On the other hand, what kind of fine classification can I use for separate the birds (more than family, diet, etc ) to reflect the diversity of microhabitats in that wetland? In the wetland there are birds from different families, waders, swimmers, etc., many species recognized for their diet specialization, even within a trophic classification. For example, piscivorous have speciality in the size and the way to capture. Is there a classification that allows for a finer separation into groups like ducks (more than swimmers and divers), herons, waders, gulls? Or within groups as piscivorous, or filter feeding birds? References and publications links will be welcome.
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completely without answering the question, one possible approach is the analysis of biological traits, which can yield a fine approach to species groups.
some references:
Méndez Aragón, V., 2013. Spatial and temporal variation in the functional diversity of non-breeding wader communities across British estuaries. University of East Anglia, p. 169p.
Mendez, V., Gill, J.A., Burton, N.H.K., Austin, G.E., Petchey, O.L., Davies, R.G., 2011. Functional diversity across space and time: trends in wader communities on British estuaries. Diversity and Distributions DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4642.2011.00868.x, 1-10.
John C. Ogden, John D. Baldwin, Oron L. Bass, Joan A. Browder, Mark I. Cook, Peter C. Frederick, Peter E. Frezza, Rafael A. Galvez, Ann B. Hodgson, Kenneth D. Meyer, Lori D. Oberhofer, Ann F. Paul, Pamela J. Fletcher, Steven M. Davis, Jerome J. Lorenz, Waterbirds as indicators of ecosystem health in the coastal marine habitats of southern Florida: 1. Selection and justification for a suite of indicator species, Ecological Indicators, Available online 29 April 2014, ISSN 1470-160X,
John C. Ogden, John D. Baldwin, Oron L. Bass, Joan A. Browder, Mark I. Cook, Peter C. Frederick, Peter E. Frezza, Rafael A. Galvez, Ann B. Hodgson, Kenneth D. Meyer, Lori D. Oberhofer, Ann F. Paul, Pamela J. Fletcher, Steven M. Davis, Jerome J. Lorenz, Waterbirds as indicators of ecosystem health in the coastal marine habitats of Southern Florida: 2. Conceptual ecological models, Ecological Indicators, Available online 24 April 2014, ISSN 1470-160X, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016
This is a great question. There are very simple ways to do this by building lists of species per habitat-type area. Again this is simplistic, but it may systematize the varied world.
If you have anything published please post.
Best of luck,
Stam
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