Croonquist and Brooks used the community composition of birds and mammals as guilds to asses impacts on riparian-wetland habitats in central Pennsylvania. Species most sensitive to habitat alterations were the neotropical migrants and species that had very specific habitat requirements, such as warblers and vireos. Edge and exotic species were found in much more abundance on the disturbed site. Based on the results, biological monitoring using avian response guilds, in accordance with an analysis of landscape patterns, is an efficient tool to monitor function change of wildlife communities in response to environmental change.
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