Designing old forest for the future: Old trees as habitat for birds in forests of Mountain Ash Eucalyptus regnans

From clearfell coupe to old-growth forest: Succession of bird assemblages in Tasmanian lowland wet eucalypt forests

“…Our findings are also compatible with the positive correlation between the total abundances of birds and old trees in Victorian wet eucalypt forests (Loyn and Kennedy, 2009). However, further work is needed to gain a better understanding of how bird assemblages respond to ageing within old-growth eucalypt forests, and to the subsequent loss of old eucalypts and transition to rainforest (Gilbert, 1959;Jackson, 1968;Noble and Slatyer, 1980).…”

“…These seven species include the only two in our study that require tree-hollows for breeding (green rosella and striated pardalote) (Koch et al, 2008), consistent with hollow-nesting birds being more common in older forests around the world (Helle, 1985;Loyn, 1985a;Imbeau et al, 1999;Keller et al, 2003;Shieck and Song, 2006;Nikolov, 2009;Moning and Mü ller (2009). This also accords with the positive correlation between the abundances of old trees and hollow-nesting birds in Victorian wet eucalypt forests (Loyn and Kennedy, 2009).…”

“…Seven species (Bassian thrush, black currawong, striated pardalote, eastern spinebill, green rosella, black-headed honeyeater, scrubtit) showed evidence of being most abundant in forests that exceeded the anticipated harvest rotation length of 65-100 years, with the first four being largely restricted to these older forests. Collectively, previous studies also found that these seven species or their mainland equivalents usually favoured older forests (Loyn, 1980(Loyn, , 1985a(Loyn, , 1998Hingston, 2000;Lefort and Grove, 2009;Loyn and Kennedy, 2009). However, the relative abundance of eastern spinebills varied between old-growth and 10-80-year-old regrowth in Victorian wet eucalypt forests (Loyn, 1985a(Loyn, , 1998.…”

Linking bird species traits to vegetation characteristics in a future urban development zone: implications for urban planning

“…Previous studies worldwide have reported relationships between vegetation structures and birds with particular traits (e.g. O'Connell et al 2000;Heikkinen et al 2004;Loyn and Kennedy 2009;deMars et al 2010), and we expected our RLQ analysis to confirm these relationships. However, our approach was innovative because it allowed us to understand which groups with similar life-history traits may be affected by future urbanization.…”

Thinning, fire and birds in Boola Boola State Forest, Victoria, Australia

“…This is strongly dependent on the habitat and foraging requirements of the faunal group, the harvesting method used and the positioning of the coupe in the landscape-for example, whether the coupe is within close proximity to mature forest (Kavanagh and Stanton 2005). Similar observations have been made regarding the importance of mature forest elements for forest birds in plantations (Loyn et al 2007) and in mountain ash forests (Loyn and Kennedy 2009). A reduction in bird abundance immediately after harvest and a subsequent increase in numbers as the forest regenerates and a more complex structure develops has also been recorded frequently (Loyn 1980;Kavanagh et al 1985;Kavanagh and Stanton 2003).…”