Bird communities in hemiboreal old-growth forests: The roles of food supply, stand structure, and site type

Rosenvald, Raul; Lõhmus, Asko; Kraut, Ann; Remm, Liina

doi:10.1016/j.foreco.2011.07.002

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“…Although the relationship between forest structure and bird abundance (e.g. Freemark and Merriam, 1986;Sekercioglu, 2002;Rosenwald et al, 2011), as well as the predation of caterpillars by birds has been widely examined (e.g. Holmes, 1990;Mols and Visser, 2007), we lack knowledge on how the whole system of forest -birds -caterpillar damage functions and how the service birds provide can be maintained and improved.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

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Effects of forest heterogeneity on the efficiency of caterpillar control service provided by birds in temperate oak forests

Bereczki

Odór

Csóka

et al. 2014

Forest Ecology and Management

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Controlling herbivore insects by insectivorous birds is a major ecosystem service, nevertheless little is known about how local habitat features and forest management influence the efficiency of this service and about how the pest control service birds provide can be maintained and improved. We conducted an experiment in temperate oak forests in the Mátra Mountains, northern Hungary to measure bird predation rate of artificial caterpillars resembling winter moth (Operophtera brumata L.) larvae, to evaluate the relationships among insectivorous bird communities, caterpillar populations and leaf damage caused by caterpillars and to assess the effect of forest heterogeneity on these processes. We found, that structurally heterogeneous forests maintained a significantly higher abundance of insectivorous birds.Especially the tree size heterogeneity increased bird abundance. The rate of bird predation was positively related to the abundance of insectivorous birds as well as to caterpillar abundance, which indicates that birds were able to respond to caterpillar density. We were not able to demonstrate a direct negative effect of bird predation on caterpillar abundance and a positive effect of caterpillar abundance on leaf damage. Structurally heterogeneous forests, however, suffered from less leaf damage than did homogeneous forests, which result may indicates that the higher activity of insectivorous birds in heterogeneous stands resulted in 3 lower activity of insect herbivores. Thus, we concluded that forest management can contribute to the mitigation of insect damages by maintaining the suitability of forest stands to the insectivorous bird communities through the maintenance of high stand heterogeneity and the presence of some key elements (e.g. retention tree groups, tree diversity, shrub layer).

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Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Effects of forest heterogeneity on the efficiency of caterpillar control service provided by birds in temperate oak forests

Bereczki

Odór

Csóka

et al. 2014

Forest Ecology and Management

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“…This did not happen for Psychidae as there are only a few species and abundance would be a more useful measure for searching for forest correlates. Abundance in animals is usually associated with an abundance food as is recorded for birds (Rosenvald et al, 2011) and saproxilic beetles (Redolfi De Zan et al, 2014). Nevertheless, in this study the opposite ecological needs of the two most abundant species concealed the relationships between forests and abundance at the community level.…”

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confidence: 52%

“…The literature indicates that diversity measures are useful tools for exploring present and past ecological dynamics (Usher & Keiller, 1998;Summerville et al, 2009;Blasi et al, 2010;Rosenvald et al, 2011;Negro et al, 2013). This did not happen for Psychidae as there are only a few species and abundance would be a more useful measure for searching for forest correlates.…”

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confidence: 99%

Relationships between Psychidae communities (Lepidoptera: Tineoidea) and the ecological characteristics of old-growth forests in a beech dominated landscape

Scalercio¹,

Bonacci²,

Turco³

et al. 2016

Eur. J. Entomol.

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“…In all biomes, old-growth forests tend to have a complex structure and a variety of microhabitats characterised by different temperatures, light and humidity, which bring about a high abundance of insects, such as Hemiptera, Collembola and spiders, being major food resources for the Regulus and other bird species (Cramp 1992;Jokima¨ki and Solonen 2011;Rosenvald et al 2011;Edenius et al 2012). Moreover, old-growth forests are characterized by a relative spatial-temporal stability, ensuring long-term stable conditions for breeding bird communities (Wesołowski et al 2006;Wirth et al 2009;Rosenvald et al 2011). Such inherent features are not demonstrated by young pine forests, which in most cases are poor in insect species and do not provide birds with a sufficient amount of food (Wirth et al 2009;Rosenvald et al 2011).…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Moreover, old-growth forests are characterized by a relative spatial-temporal stability, ensuring long-term stable conditions for breeding bird communities (Wesołowski et al 2006;Wirth et al 2009;Rosenvald et al 2011). Such inherent features are not demonstrated by young pine forests, which in most cases are poor in insect species and do not provide birds with a sufficient amount of food (Wirth et al 2009;Rosenvald et al 2011). Furthermore, longer needles of the pine do not allow birds to move efficiently through the branches, a drawback which also makes acquiring food difficult.…”

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confidence: 99%

Complex species distribution models of Goldcrests and Firecrests densities in Poland: are remote sensing‐based predictors sufficient?

Kosicki

Stachura

Ostrowska

et al. 2015

Ecological Research

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Species distribution models should identify ecological requirements of species and predict their spatial density. However, data from remote sensing sources are often used alone as predictors in modelling distributions. Such data will only produce accurate models if features that are distinguishable by remote sensing are a good match to the environmental traits that delineate habitat requirements. Both the Goldcrest Regulus regulus and the Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla respond to complex features of habitats that are not described by simple remote sensing data. We tested the usefulness of remote sensing data as a predictor for two Regulus species according to data from 970 study plots sized 1 · 1 km. Predictors were aggregated using the PCAs and related to the Hayne estimator of species density using GAMs. The models based on both remote sensing data and detailed environmental data proved to be better than the model based only on remote sensing data and/or detailed forest structure data. The Goldcrest reached the highest density in areas with a high share of old spruce-dominated forests with a substantial share of the fir, avoiding the pine, and it preferred forests with a low number of tree species. In turn, the Firecrest favoured old forests, dominated by the spruce and the beech, with an admixture of single old fir and larch trees, avoiding the pine, and preferring forests with a high number of tree species. We suggest using not only free data sources, but also more detailed data containing thorough information on forest inventory derived from ground measurements.

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Bird communities in hemiboreal old-growth forests: The roles of food supply, stand structure, and site type

Cited by 63 publications

References 56 publications

Effects of forest heterogeneity on the efficiency of caterpillar control service provided by birds in temperate oak forests

Effects of forest heterogeneity on the efficiency of caterpillar control service provided by birds in temperate oak forests

Relationships between Psychidae communities (Lepidoptera: Tineoidea) and the ecological characteristics of old-growth forests in a beech dominated landscape

Complex species distribution models of Goldcrests and Firecrests densities in Poland: are remote sensing‐based predictors sufficient?

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