Abstract

Land use can be defined as a perception with respect to the various actions carried out on the land to produce one or multiple products or services that are beneficial to the populace. This paper aims to discuss the effects of land use on bird species composition in a bionetwork using theoretical and empirical evidence provided in different literature and its influence on the survival and conservation of bird species. Land use can be classified into two simple categories: metropolitan (urban) Land-use and countryside (rural) Land-use. One major cause of global biodiversity decline is habitat degradation and destruction because of anthropogenic actions. Forest birds are mostly disposed to modifications in plants assemblage and the degree of forestland, because of their dependence on vertical vegetation structure. Vital roles are played by avian species in maintaining the ecological. However, the survival of given bird species is threatened by demand for land based on different uses resulting to intensive loss of habitat, habitat fragmentation, habitat degradation and pollution Therefore, to manage the aforementioned problems and its ecological impact, it is imperative that bird’s conservation programme must be based on scientific knowledge on the degree of damages melted on bird species by land use, especially in developing countries.

Keywords

Bird species; land use; habitat degradation; habitat fragmentation; climate change; habitat loss