Silence of the Llanos

Silence of the Llanos

Scientists want to know what effect clearing forest for cattle farming is having on biodiversity in Colombia, so they’ve called on experts who know the various ecosystems intimately, birds. A dataset of 971 bird species across 13 regions helped them tell how ecosystems are changing. Birds are indicators of forest health and survey for them can help ecologists cover greater areas than localised bioblitzes. When specialised forest birds disappear,…