Beech forest structure and territory size of four songbird species in Puszcza Bukowa, NW Poland: implications for bird-friendly silvicultural practices in a temperate forest

Skorupski, Jakub; Jankowiak, Łukasz; Kiriaka, B.; Rek, Tomasz; Wysocki, Dariusz

doi:10.1080/03949370.2017.1329232

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“…This statement is supported by study [38], which found that the high diversity among birds on a local scale was primarily connected with an increase in the proportion of old-growth hardwood forests. ILOTs retained on cuts (study plots 4-6 in this study) ensure that managed hardwood forests contribute to biodiversity conservation [39]. The importance of individual legacy oak trees for bird diversity in the hardwood forests of Litovelske Pomoravi can be probably explained by considering the extreme size and age of its ILOTs in accordance with study [40].…”

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Retention Forestry Supports Bird Diversity in Managed, Temperate Hardwood Floodplain Forests

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Schlossárek

Pechanec

et al. 2019

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The retention forestry approach is considered as one of the potentially effective tools for sustainable forest management for conservation of biodiversity in managed temperate and boreal forests. Retention of old-growth forest structures (e.g., very large old living trees) in forest stands during clear-cutting provides maintenance of key habitats for many old-growth forest interior-species. Most of ecological studies on green tree retention (GTR) consequences for biodiversity have been focused on birds. However, the long-term studies of GTR impacts on forest birds are very poor. In this paper, we focused on assessment of the long-term consequences of leaving legacy oak trees on the cut areas for bird diversity 18–22 years after clear-cutting in managed temperate European hardwood floodplain forests. Results based on bird counting using mapping of bird nesting territories revealed a key importance of legacy oak trees for maintaining bird diversity in the study area. These results are widely applicable for managed temperate hardwood forests with serious dominance of oak (Quercus sp.) in forest stands. Legacy oak trees in this habitat type are keystone structures for bird diversity. Retention approach focused on these trees is potentially an important conservation tool for preserving forest bird diversity and other associated species in temperate hardwood forests managed by clear-cutting.

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Retention Forestry Supports Bird Diversity in Managed, Temperate Hardwood Floodplain Forests

Machar

Schlossárek

Pechanec

et al. 2019

Forests

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“…Old forest stands play an important role in the conservation of bird diversity in managed temperate forests [70]. Lindenmayer et al [71] identified a significant gradient in bird alpha-diversity in hardwood forests depending on the form of management, with the lowest values found in conventional clear-felled areas and the highest values in unlogged old-growth forest areas.…”

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Bird Diversity as a Support Decision Tool for Sustainable Management in Temperate Forested Floodplain Landscapes

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Sustainably managed forests provide multiple ecosystem services in cultural landscapes, including maintaining biodiversity. Better understanding of the benefits regarding the biodiversity of different silvicultural practices is important for sustainable landscape management. Conservation targets in forested landscapes should be determined by land managers and policy-makers, based on serious ecological research. This study deals with response of bird diversity to three different habitat types of temperate hardwood floodplain forests, which reflect specific forms of forest management. Research was based on long-term field bird census in the years 1998 to 2002 applying the point count method. Data was analysed using regression analysis with dummy variables. The results of the study indicate that hardwood floodplain forest heterogeneity, supported by different types of forest management (old-growth forest protection, group-selection harvesting and forest edge protection), provides large-scale habitat mosaic conditions suitable for many breeding bird species with different ecological niches. This result suggests that comparison of bird diversity response to different forest management types can be used as a decision support tool for sustainable landscape management strategy and local management practices in forested cultural lowland landscapes. Improvements in both regional and local ecological knowledge are generally needed in order to control floodplain land use decisions, which are typically made on the scale of landscape management. 2 of 15 above transition zones, below which, species loss is likely to occur. Forest ecosystems are crucial in maintaining climate, biodiversity and human well-being [7]. At the landscape scale, the benefits produced by forests are strongly influenced by forest management [8]. This is especially important in cultural lowland landscapes along large rivers, areas which have suffered from a significant decline in riparian floodplain forests [9].In the European temperate zone, hardwood floodplain forests (HFF) are endangered habitats. HFF provide various important ecosystem services in the lowland landscapes [10]. Land use changes and land use intensification induced by human activities are closely connected to the current ecological status of HFF in many European regions [11]. Despite centuries of intense human pressure, HFF are forest ecosystems with very rich alpha-biodiversity on the scale of individual trees and on the scale of forest stands [12,13]. A mosaic of floodplain forest habitats (including rivers and wetlands) creates a unique ecological gradient of beta-biodiversity [14]. Thus, HFF are key ecosystems in the maintenance of biodiversity on the scale of lowland riparian landscapes [15]. Because of their high biodiversity value, the natural and semi-natural remnants of HFF are usually included in ecological networks in a landscape [16]. They are also protected within the framework of international (such as the Natura 2000 European Network) or national systems for protected area...

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“…Finally, the nests could act as semiopen places for singing and mating. They can be used, for example, by chiffchaff which prefers gaps in old tree stands (Fuller 2000, Skorupski et al 2017).…”

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Biodiversity hotspots at a small scale: the importance of eagles’ nests to many other animals

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Jankowiak

Sparks

et al. 2021

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Beech forest structure and territory size of four songbird species in Puszcza Bukowa, NW Poland: implications for bird-friendly silvicultural practices in a temperate forest

Cited by 7 publications

References 51 publications

Retention Forestry Supports Bird Diversity in Managed, Temperate Hardwood Floodplain Forests

Retention Forestry Supports Bird Diversity in Managed, Temperate Hardwood Floodplain Forests

Bird Diversity as a Support Decision Tool for Sustainable Management in Temperate Forested Floodplain Landscapes

Biodiversity hotspots at a small scale: the importance of eagles’ nests to many other animals

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