Effects of Experimental Forest Management on Density and Nesting Success of Bird Species in Missouri Ozark Forests

Gram, Wendy K.; Porneluzi, Paul A.; Clawson, Richard L.; Faaborg, John; Richter, Stephen C.

doi:10.1046/j.1523-1739.2003.02171.x

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“…In Missouri, the density of breeding birds did not vary in regeneration (0-10 years of age), sapling (11-20 years of age), and pole and sawtimber (>20 years of age) within clearcutting sites, but was higher than uncut sites (Thompson et al 1992). Also in Missouri, wood thrush density was greater in even-aged treatments compared to control sites 2-3 years after harvest, suggesting wood thrush use mature forest that includes some disturbance (Gram et al 2003). Wood thrush abundance and density also varied with respect to slope.…”

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confidence: 86%

“…Wood thrushes nest in shrubs and small trees of deciduous, mixed-deciduous coniferous, bottomland hardwood, and pine forests with deciduous understory (Roth et al 1996). Existing habitat studies for wood thrush indicate forest area (Robbins et al 1989), harvest type and age (Thompson et al 1992, Robinson and Robinson 1999, Pagen et al 2000, Gram et al 2003, as well as canopy height, tree density, and type of canopy cover (e.g., deciduous vs. coniferous) (Robbins et al 1989), are important habitat features. A breeding habitat suitability index model for the Gulf of Maine watershed used vegetative cover, forest patch size, distance from edge, and moisture regime as suitability indices (Banner and Schaller 2001).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Instead, we fi t a power function such that SI ), we addressed the interspersion of post-fl edging habitat and breeding habitat. Recent studies indicate juvenile (Anders et al 1998, Vega Rivera et al 1998) and adult wood thrush (Thompson et al 1992, Pagen et al 2000, Gram et al 2003 used early successional and mature forest during breeding and post-breeding. Juvenile wood thrush used early successional forest (<30 years of age), including abandoned farms, roadsides, and forest openings, and use shifted to mature deciduous forest late in the post-fl edging period (Vega Rivera et al 1998).…”

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“…Worm-eating warblers nest on the ground in large tracts of mature deciduous and mixed-deciduousconiferous forests with moderate to steep slopes and patches of dense understory shrubs (Hanners and Patton 1998). Existing habitat studies for worm-eating warblers indicate forest area (Robbins et al 1989, Wenny et al 1993, Gale et al 1997, forest edge (Wenny et al 1993), slope (Robbins et al 1989, Wenny et al 1993, prescribed fi re (Artman et al 2001), harvest type and age (Thompson et al 1992, Robinson and Robinson 1999, Pagen et al 2000, Gram et al 2003, as well as canopy height, tree density, moisture gradient, and foliage density up to 1 m (Robbins et al 1989), are important habitat features.…”

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Development of landscape-level habitat suitability models for ten wildlife species in the central hardwoods region

Rittenhouse¹,

Dijak²,

Thompson³

et al. 2007

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Decades of studies on wildlife-habitat relationships have provided important insights into the habitat requisites for many game and nongame species. Many species of conservation or management importance are area or edge sensitive, or need interspersion of habitat requisites to maintain viable populations; however, most habitat suitability models do not incorporate spatial relationships or landscape attributes. Our objective was to develop landscape-level habitat suitability models for 10 species in the Central Hardwoods Region of the Midwestern United States: American woodcock (Scolopax minor), cerulean warbler (Dendroica cerulea), Henslow's sparrow (Ammodramus henslowii), Indiana bat (Myotis sodalis), northern bobwhite (Colinus virginianus), ruffed grouse (Bonasa umbellus), timber rattlesnake (Crotalus horridus), wood thrush (Hylocichla mustelina), worm-eating warbler (Helmitheros vermivorus), and yellow-breasted chat (Icteria virens). All models included spatially explicit variables and relationships based on the best available empirical data and expert opinion. We provide an overview of habitat characteristics for each species, discuss the habitat variables used in each model, and provide supporting reference materials for all assumed relationships between quantity of a resource and quality for each species modeled. The models are included in a stand-alone software package, Landscape HSImodels version 2

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confidence: 86%

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confidence: 99%

Section: Hsi Modelmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Overviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Development of landscape-level habitat suitability models for ten wildlife species in the central hardwoods region

Rittenhouse¹,

Dijak²,

Thompson³

et al. 2007

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“…(Campbell et al, 2007;Costello et al, 2000) reported that songbird species diversity increased in harvested areas i.e., they often prefers interior edge, forest gaps and logged areas (Moorman et al, 2002;Gram et al, 2003;King and DeGraaf, 2004). This might be that an open areas may provide suitable habitat and foraging sites for them (Gram et al, 2003;Campbell et al, 2007). Selective forest logging leads to the increase of temperature and decrease relative humidity (Johns, 1988;Jackson et al, 2002).…”

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Assessing the Effects of Logging Activities on Avian Richness and Diversity in Different Aged Post-Harvested Hill Dipterocarp Tropical Rainforest of Malaysia

Rajpar¹,

Mohamed²

2014

American Journal of Applied Sciences

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Logging activities have encroached into the hill dipterocarp tropical rainforest area since the lowland dipterocarp forests have decreased in size. Hill dipterocarp tropical rainforest is rich in habitat diversity and provide a variety of resources for avian species such as food, habitat and shelter. Therefore it is important to examine the logging effects of hill dipterocarp rainforest on avian species. We compared the avian richness and diversity in different aged post-harvested hill dipterocarp tropical rainforest at the Berkelah Hill Dipterocarp Rainforest Reserve in Maran, Pahang, West Malaysia using mist-netting method. We captured a total of 1908 individuals representing 86 species and 29 families (i.e., 18.55% from two years postharvested forest, 25.10% from ten years post-harvested, 23.90% from twenty years post-harvested and 32.44% from thirty five years post-harvested forests). Forty nine species were caught in two years and ten years, 55 species in twenty years and 59 species in thirty five years' post-harvested forest. Seventeen species were common in all four types of forest. Pycnonotidae, Timaliidae and Nectariniidae were the most dominant families in all types of post-harvested hill dipterocarp tropical rainforest. Diversity analysis indicated that the bird species in twenty years post-harvested hill dipterocarp rainforest was most diverse (i.e., Fisher's Alpha Diversity Index; 16.34) and evenly distributed (i.e., McIntosh Evenness index E; 0.933) as compared to two years, ten years and thirty five years post-harvested forest. However, thirty five years post-harvested forest was richest in avian species (i.e., Margalef's Richness index R 1 ; 9.02) as compared to other post-harvested forest. The findings of this study revealed that logging and recovery process may affects on avian distribution and diversity. However, these effects may vary from species to species.

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Functional diversity response to hardwood forest management varies across taxa and spatial scales

Murray

Holland

Summerville

et al. 2017

Ecological Applications

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Contemporary forest management offers a trade-off between the potential positive effects of habitat heterogeneity on biodiversity, and the potential harm to mature forest communities caused by habitat loss and perforation of the forest canopy. While the response of taxonomic diversity to forest management has received a great deal of scrutiny, the response of functional diversity is largely unexplored. However, functional diversity may represent a more direct link between biodiversity and ecosystem function. To examine how forest management affects diversity at multiple spatial scales, we analyzed a long-term data set that captured changes in taxonomic and functional diversity of moths (Lepidoptera), longhorned beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae), and breeding birds in response to contemporary silvicultural systems in oak-hickory hardwood forests. We used these data sets to address the following questions: how do even- and uneven-aged silvicultural systems affect taxonomic and functional diversity at the scale of managed landscapes compared to the individual harvested and unharvested forest patches that comprise the landscapes, and how do these silvicultural systems affect the functional similarity of assemblages at the scale of managed landscapes and patches? Due to increased heterogeneity within landscapes, we expected even-aged silviculture to increase and uneven-aged silviculture to decrease functional diversity at the landscape level regardless of impacts at the patch level. Functional diversity responses were taxon-specific with respect to the direction of change and time since harvest. Responses were also consistent across patch and landscape levels within each taxon. Moth assemblage species richness, functional richness, and functional divergence were negatively affected by harvesting, with stronger effects resulting from uneven-aged than even-aged management. Longhorned beetle assemblages exhibited a peak in species richness two years after harvesting, while functional diversity metrics did not differ between harvested and unharvested patches and managed landscapes. The species and functional richness of breeding bird assemblages increased in response to harvesting with more persistent effects in uneven- than in even-aged managed landscapes. For moth and bird assemblages, species turnover was driven by species with more extreme trait combinations. Our study highlights the variability of multi-taxon functional diversity in response to forest management across multiple spatial scales.

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Effects of Experimental Forest Management on Density and Nesting Success of Bird Species in Missouri Ozark Forests

Cited by 101 publications

References 51 publications

Development of landscape-level habitat suitability models for ten wildlife species in the central hardwoods region

Development of landscape-level habitat suitability models for ten wildlife species in the central hardwoods region

Assessing the Effects of Logging Activities on Avian Richness and Diversity in Different Aged Post-Harvested Hill Dipterocarp Tropical Rainforest of Malaysia

Functional diversity response to hardwood forest management varies across taxa and spatial scales

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