The Significance of Habitat Characteristics to the Spatial Distribution of Local Avian Assemblage at Gannoruwa Mountain Forest Reserve, Kandy, Sri Lanka

Table 1

The results of avifaunal community assessment in four different habitats along the elevational gradient in GFR.

Habitat type	Elevational level from MSL meters	Distance from edge meters	Total number of birds observed	Number of species per point (mean ± SE)	Observed richness (mean ± SE)	Shannon Wiener Diversity Index (mean ± SE)
Forest edge	557.2–558.5	0	1537
Edge forest transitional habitat	562.7–567.3		657
Forest interior	584.8–592.73		422
Mahogany plantation at summit	610.0–632.76		494