Figure 5

Scatterplot of a Constrained Correspondence Analyses of bird species. Constraining habitat variables shown in blue arrows: mean vegetation height and abundance of forbs, shrubs, and Eryngium in a 10 m radius. Sampling sites indicated by letters (as in Fig. 1) followed by time since fire. Bird species shown in red (see Supplementary Table S1 for complete species list with species common names and IUCN threatened species categories). Selected representative species (due to differential habitat use; see discussion) shown in photographs and in bold red. Respective time since fire (months) of each site: (A) (5), (B) (17), (C) (5), (D) (180), (E) (16), (F) (180), (G) (3). All species photos presented in the figure were taken in Tainhas State Park, Jaquirana, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil by Eduardo Chiarani.