Distribution de l’avifaune des milieux forestiers de substitution (plantation et jachères) au Sud du Bénin en relation avec les facteurs de l’habitat

In southern Benin, the intensification of recent deforestation through agriculture and urbanization is causing that fallows and plantations occupy more land than forests. Thus, these agro-ecosystems are to be that could replace forest scraps. To test the conservatory value of these environments birds were used as a biological indicator based on an Analysis of the
Multiple Correspondences (ACM) and an Ascending Hierarchical Classification (ACH). 9 groups
Ecological surveys of birds distributed in the different types of fallows and plantations have been identified. The fallows concentrate a high proportion of the avifauna in these alternative forest habitats. These results show that to conserve bird biodiversity in these forest replacement habitats, fallows under plantations or evolved are essential.