DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2014.09.031
Scopus记录号: 2-s2.0-84908245899
论文题名: The effects of Forest Stand Improvement Practices on occupancy and abundance of breeding songbirds
作者: Rankin D.T. ; Perlut N.G.
刊名: Forest Ecology and Management
ISSN: 0378-1127
出版年: 2015
卷: 335 起始页码: 99
结束页码: 107
语种: 英语
英文关键词: Forest bird management
; Forest breeding birds
; Forest Stand Improvement
; Northern hardwood forest
; Occupancy modeling
; Silviculture
Scopus关键词: Forest stand
; Northern hardwood forest
; Silviculture
; abundance
; bird
; canopy
; ecological modeling
; habitat type
; reproductive behavior
; silviculture
; species diversity
; stand structure
; succession
; timber
; understory
; woody debris
; Aves
英文摘要: Silviculture can play an important role in managing avian habitat. In 2010 the Vermont Natural Resource Conservation Service, in conjunction with Audubon Vermont, implemented a Forest Stand Improvement initiative designed to improve timber quality while increasing habitat diversity for forest breeding songbirds. To evaluate the effectiveness of this program in improving avian habitat, we conducted point count surveys of breeding birds in harvested and control sites in 2012 and 2013, 1-3. years post-harvest. Harvesting resulted in mean decreases of 18% in basal area, 10% in canopy cover, and 10% in canopy tree density while piles of woody debris per ha increased by 402%. Occupancy and abundance estimates for 24 and 18 bird species respectively were derived using Program MARK. Compared to controls, occupancy rates of four songbird species were greater on harvested sites - rose-breasted grosbeak (Pheucticus ludovicianus), yellow-bellied sapsucker (Sphyrapicus varius), chestnut-sided warbler (Setophaga pensylvanica), and mourning warbler (Geothlypis philadelphia)-while occupancy of one species-black-and-white warbler (S. fusca)-was significantly lower. Two species were significantly more abundant at harvested sites-rose-breasted grosbeak and yellow-bellied sapsucker-while two species were less abundant-hermit thrush (Catharus guttatus) and black-and-white warbler. Piles of woody debris left after harvests were negatively associated with site occupancy for 3 out of 10 understory species. Overall, our results suggest that this program retains all interior forest species and has a slight positive impact on gap and early successional species abundance and occupancy in the first 1-3. years post-harvest. This study provides the first quantitative examination of the impact that Vermont NRCS's Forest Stand Improvement program has had on forest breeding birds. © 2014.
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资源类型: 期刊论文
标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/65662
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作者单位: Department of Environmental Science, University of New England, 11 Hills Beach Rd BiddefordME, United States
Recommended Citation:
Rankin D.T.,Perlut N.G.. The effects of Forest Stand Improvement Practices on occupancy and abundance of breeding songbirds[J]. Forest Ecology and Management,2015-01-01,335