Active restoration fosters better recovery of tropical rainforest birds than natural regeneration in degraded forest fragments

Ecological restoration has emerged as a key strategy for conserving tropical forests and habitat specialists, and monitoring faunal recovery using indicator taxa like birds can help assess restoration success. Few studies have examined, however, whether active restoration achieves better recovery of bird communities than natural regeneration, or how bird recovery relates to habitat affiliations of species in the community.
In rainforests restored over the past two decades in a fragmented landscape (Western Ghats, India), we examined whether bird species richness and community composition recovery in 23 actively restored (AR) sites was significantly better than recovery in paired naturally regenerating (NR) sites, relative to 23 undisturbed benchmark (BM) rainforests. We measured 8 habitat variables and tested whether bird recovery tracked habitat recovery, whether rainforest and open-country birds showed contrasting patterns, and assessed species-level responses to restoration.
We recor..., , Please refer to the Readme.md file included with the dataset for complete details and usage notes.
Geographic Coverage:

Location/Study Area: Valparai Plateau, Tamil Nadu, India; Anamalai Tiger Reserve, Tamil Nadu, India
GPS coordinates: Valparai Plateau (0°15′– 10°22′N, 76°52′–76°59′E); Anamalai Tiger Reserve (10°12′–10°35′N, 76°49′–77°24′E)

Temporal Coverage:

Begins: 2019-11-05 (Year, Month, Day)
Ends: 2020-03-24 (Year, Month, Day)
, # Active restoration fosters better recovery of tropical rainforest birds than natural regeneration in degraded forest fragments

[https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.rjdfn2zc3](https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.rjdfn2zc3)

This dataset is from:

Hariharan, P., and Raman, T. R. S. (2022). Active restoration fosters better recovery of tropical rainforest birds than natural regeneration in degraded forest fragments. Journal of Applied Ecology 59: 274-285. [https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.14052](https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.14052)

### Data Set Owner(s):

AUTHOR #1

1\. Name: Priyanka Hariharan (Corresponding author)

2\. Work Address: Nature Conservation Foundation, 1311, 12th A Main, Vijayanagar 1st Stage, Mysuru 570017, Karnataka, India

3\. Current Work Address: Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, U.S.A.

3\. Email address: [[e-mail]](mailto:[e-mail]), [[e-mail]](mailto:[e-mail])
...