This collection addresses one of the most pressing challenges in modern ornithology: understanding how birds respond to landscapes increasingly shaped by human activities. Habitat fragmentation, agriculture, ecological restoration, infrastructure development, and other forms of land-use change are transforming ecosystems worldwide, with profound consequences for bird populations, communities, and conservation outcomes.
Birds in Fragmented and Anthropogenic Landscapes invites submissions that place landscape change at the center of ecological inquiry. We welcome studies exploring how fragmentation, habitat degradation, and landscape configuration influence avian diversity, distribution, behavior, and ecosystem function, as well as research with clear implications for conservation planning, management, and restoration. Topics of interest include bird responses to agricultural and agroforestry systems, secondary and restored forests, large-scale biodiversity patterns, and the use of citizen-science or spatial datasets to understand bird-landscape relationships.
By bringing together research from diverse regions and ecological contexts, this collection aims to advance landscape-explicit ornithological science and foster solutions for conserving birds in an increasingly human-dominated world. Researchers working at the intersection of avian ecology, conservation biology, landscape ecology, and environmental management are encouraged to contribute their latest findings.
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