Effects of Small Forest Openings on the Breeding Bird Community in a Vermont Hardwood Forest

Germaine, Stephen S.; Vessey, Stephen H.; Capen, David E.

doi:10.2307/1370482

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“…4). Similar results were obtained by Germaine et al (1997); Hutto and Gallo (2006); Koivula and Schmiegelow (2007). The authors recorded that postdisturbance harvesting negatively affected cavity-nesting birds; however, the effect of windstorm and its management on food resources of birds cannot be excluded.…”

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The effect of contrasting management types on two distinct taxonomic groups in a large-scaled windthrow

Żmihorski

Durska

2010

Eur J Forest Res

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Improving ways of managing disturbed areas is in urgent need of further research. We assessed the effect of two contrasting management types-salvage logging and set aside for natural regeneration-applied to a large-scale windthrow in NE Poland on two distinct taxonomic groups of animals: scuttle flies and birds. In total, 5,368 individual scuttle flies were trapped and 1,649 individual birds were recorded. In both taxonomic groups, we recorded the ''winners and losers'' of the effects of salvage logging. The responses of particular species in both groups were independent of their body size. Species diversity, assessed by rarefaction, increased as a result of the logging in birds and declined in scuttle flies. The species richness, corrected for unseen species of scuttle flies and birds, was higher on the managed windthrow when compared to the natural one. Comparison of the results obtained with published data from the intact stands of Białowie_ za Primeval Forest suggests that salvage logging reduced the similarity of the fly and bird community to those reported from undisturbed, natural forest areas. Our results concern mostly the common species. We conclude that salvage logging has considerable influence on assemblages of common species in the postdisturbance forests. Birds and flies did not respond similarly to salvage logging in term of species diversity, although both groups included species that were attracted to either managed or unmanaged windthrow sites.

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The effect of contrasting management types on two distinct taxonomic groups in a large-scaled windthrow

Żmihorski

Durska

2010

Eur J Forest Res

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“…Numerous other studies also find that the breeding bird community is largely resilient to various types of harvesting disturbances in tolerant hardwood forests (e.g., Costello et al, 2000;Jobes et al, 2004;Holmes and Pitt, 2007; but see Germaine et al, 1997). The same is true for small-scale natural disturbances, such as small canopy gaps (0.01-1.2 ha) created by ice storms (Faccio, 2003) and hurricanes (Greenberg and Lanham, 2001).…”

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Short-term effects of group-selection harvesting on breeding birds in a northern hardwood forest

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Burke

Nol

et al. 2010

Forest Ecology and Management

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“…Although this data suggests that group selection openings do not have a negative impact on the abundance of forest interior birds, a study in Vermont found somewhat different results. Germaine et al (1997) examined the effects of 0.40 ha group selection cuts on the forest interior bird community and found an increase in abundance of these birds with increasing distance from group selection openings. However, the ratio of openings to forest in his group selection stands (20±36%) was greater than in the present study (10±20%).…”

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Songbird response to group selection harvests and clearcuts in a New Hampshire northern hardwood forest

Costello

Yamasaki

Pekins

et al. 2000

Forest Ecology and Management

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Clearcutting creates habitat for many species of early successional songbirds; however, little information is available on bird use of small forest openings created by group selection harvests. Group selection harvests are increasing on the White Mountain National Forest due to negative public response to clearcutting. The objective of this study was to determine if avian species richness and composition differ between clearcut and group selection openings, and between mature stands and the uncut portions of group selection stands. Point count surveys were conducted during the 1992 and 1993 breeding seasons within six study blocks in the White Mountain National Forest, NH. Each block consisted of a clearcut stand, a group selection stand and a mature stand. Species richness per stand was signi®cantly higher in clearcut openings (p 0.010) than in group selection openings. Forested areas surrounding group selection openings were similar to mature stands in species richness (p 0.848) and composition. Our data suggest that, relative to avian use, the group selection system does not provide habitat similar to that created by clearcutting in extensive northern hardwood stands. The group selection system appears to retain much of the mature forest bird community while providing for a limited number of early successional bird species. Gradual replacement of clearcutting with group selection harvests could result in reduced avian diversity across large forested tracts. #

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Effects of Small Forest Openings on the Breeding Bird Community in a Vermont Hardwood Forest

Cited by 62 publications

References 31 publications

The effect of contrasting management types on two distinct taxonomic groups in a large-scaled windthrow

The effect of contrasting management types on two distinct taxonomic groups in a large-scaled windthrow

Short-term effects of group-selection harvesting on breeding birds in a northern hardwood forest

Songbird response to group selection harvests and clearcuts in a New Hampshire northern hardwood forest

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