Breeding Bird Populations in Pine and Pine-Hardwood Forests in Texas

Dickson, James G.; Segelquist, Charles A.

doi:10.2307/3800371

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“…Blue grosbeak is associated mostly with open grassland areas with sparse shrubs (e.g., Whitmore, 1977), but may be absent in grasslands lacking shrubs that are subjected to periodic burning (Zimmerman, 1992). Northern bobwhites are associated with grass-forb to grass-shrub stage vegetation (e.g., Dickson and Segelquist, 1979). Although areas that have undergone thinning and midstory removal may provide habitat for northern bobwhite when burned frequently (Cram et al, 2002), we found detection rates were substantially lower in partially harvested stands without periodic burning than in clearcuts, especially the fifth year after harvest.…”

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Long-term responses of disturbance-associated birds after different timber harvests

Perry

Thill

2013

Forest Ecology and Management

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Long-term responses of disturbance-associated birds after different timber harvests

Perry

Thill

2013

Forest Ecology and Management

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“…Between these two extremes, most bird species show flexibility in habitat selection by either occurring over a range of forest types (Smith 1984) or regrowth forest ages (Dickson & Segelquist 1979;Taylor et al 1997). Tingay & Tingay (1984;circles), Christensen et al (1985;triangle) and this study (squares).…”

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Recovery of bird populations after clearfelling of tall open eucalypt forest in Western Australia

Williams¹,

Abbott²,

Liddelow³

et al. 2001

Journal of Applied Ecology

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Summary 1.Increasing concern over the sustainable management of forested landscapes and the extent of forest clearance world-wide has led to a growing interest in the impacts of logging and associated habitat disturbance on biodiversity. 2. We conducted an experimental study of the impact of clearfelling on birds of the karri Eucalyptus diversicolor forest in south-west Western Australia over a 17-year period, and a retrospective study of both clearfelled and naturally regenerated karri stands aged from 0 to 146 years. 3. One-third of species still had significantly reduced abundance 14 years after disturbance ceased, although all affected species made limited use of regenerating forest. 4. Multivariate analysis of changes in bird community structure showed that the effects of disturbance were still evident 14 years after clearfelling. Clearfelling may also have produced some temporary changes in community structure in adjacent unlogged forest. 5. Species richness and total abundance of birds declined by 58% and 96%, respectively, in the first year after clearfelling, and 14 years after logging were still 17% and 55% below levels in adjacent undisturbed forest. During this early successional phase both measures increased as a simple function of stand age. Species richness of regrowth reached that of old-growth at 30 -50 years and total abundance of all bird species in regrowth was similar to that of old-growth after approximately 70 years. 6. Several bird species offer potential as indicators of the ecological sustainability of karri forest management. These species nest in large hollows in standing live trees (two cockatoo species) or have been slow to recolonize immature regrowth karri forests (six species). 7. Post-hoc power analysis showed that even the long-term and intensive sampling employed in this study failed to detect declines in abundance of less than 80-90% for most bird species. For many uncommon species, trying to estimate changes in abundance is problematic and likely to require replication which is difficult to achieve in field situations where logged and unlogged forests are compared. Despite this, the present study identified some key impacts of forest clearfelling on bird communities, with implications both for the consequences of clearfelling of forests and the criteria for sustainable forest management.

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“…Northern cardinals inhabit midstory vegetation and thickets [20,21]. This habitat type was prevalent in Block 1, especially in Block 1 Burn, Thin, and Control.…”

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Effects of Fuel Reduction Treatments on Avian Nest Density in the Upper Piedmont of South Carolina

Kilpatrick¹

2010

TOENVIRSJ

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Abstract:The Fire and Fire Surrogate Study is a national study installed at 13 sites across the United States. One goal of the southeastern Piedmont FFS installation was to assess the effects of fuel reduction treatments such as prescribed burning and thinning on avian nest density. Nest searching and monitoring took place within twelve 10-hectare study plots during the breeding seasons of 2003 and 2004. A total of 82 nests representing 23 species were discovered and monitored. Seventy-two percent of those nests were successful in fledging young and 28% failed. Higher quantities of herbaceous material, shrubs, and small diameter trees provided more nesting substrate in Thin/Burn and Burn plots. This study suggests that prescribed burning and a combination of prescribed burning and thinning may be beneficial for Southern Piedmont bird communities, but our conclusions must be considered in light of the small sample sizes of nests. Increasing the area of upland Piedmont forest receiving prescribed burning and thinning treatments could possibly benefit early successional species that are presently experiencing population declines across the United States.

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Breeding Bird Populations in Pine and Pine-Hardwood Forests in Texas

Cited by 31 publications

References 8 publications

Long-term responses of disturbance-associated birds after different timber harvests

Long-term responses of disturbance-associated birds after different timber harvests

Recovery of bird populations after clearfelling of tall open eucalypt forest in Western Australia

Effects of Fuel Reduction Treatments on Avian Nest Density in the Upper Piedmont of South Carolina

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