10.6084/m9.figshare.4123434.v1 Cristian Steven Sevillano Rios Cristian Steven Sevillano Rios Avian community structure and habitat use of Polylepis forests along an elevation gradient DataBase figshare 2017 Andean birds Climate Change conservation Endemics Threatened species Polylepis birds montane regions Ecology not elsewhere classified 2017-04-21 12:35:35 Dataset https://figshare.com/articles/dataset/Avian_community_structure_and_habitat_use_of_Polylepis_forests_along_an_elevation_gradient_DataBase/4123434 <p>In 2014-2015, we studied bird communities and 19 associated local and landscape attributes within five forested glacial valleys within the Cordillera Blanca and Huascaran National Park, Peru. Birds were surveyed in dry (May-August) and wet (January-April) seasons at 130 points distributed along an elevational gradient (3,300-4,700 masl) and analyzed using Canonical Correspondence Analysis (CCA). A total of 50 species of birds, including 13 species of high conservation concern, were associated with four basic habitat types: (1) <i>Polylepis sericea</i> forests at low elevations, (2) <i>P. weberbaueri</i> forests at high elevations, (3) Puna grassland and (4) shrublands.</p>