Multi-scale nest-site selection by black-backed woodpeckers in outbreaks of mountain pine beetles

Bonnot, Thomas W.; Millspaugh, Joshua J.; Rumble, Mark A.

doi:10.1016/j.foreco.2009.10.021

Cited by 55 publications

(52 citation statements)

References 33 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Unclassified

Order By: Relevance

“…Nevertheless, additional monitoring of study plots to detect predicted negative effects in the future is a prudent approach that should be considered. In addition, we suggest that species-specific studies for strong cavity nesters that occur at low population densities (Black-backed and Hairy woodpeckers) are required to derive strong inference about factors that regulate their populations (e.g., Bonnot et al, 2009), including anthropogenic disturbances.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Effects of salvage logging on avian nest survival in beetle-killed forests

Kroll

Arnett

Altman

2010

Forest Ecology and Management

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Effects of salvage logging on avian nest survival in beetle-killed forests

Kroll

Arnett

Altman

2010

Forest Ecology and Management

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

“…Threats in green forests are rarely discussed and little studied, but may include salvage logging of beetle-killed stands (Bonnot et al 2009), fuel-wood cutting, low snag retention rates (Tremblay et al 2010), and potentially climate change.…”

Section: Conservation and Management Implicationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Similarly, in the Cascade Mountains of Oregon, Blackbacked Woodpeckers nested in mature and over-mature lodgepole pine stands with an abundance of snags and beetle-infested trees (Goggans et al 1989). They have also nested in forests with mountain pine beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae) outbreaks in the Black Hills of South Dakota (Bonnot et al 2009). …”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Occurrence patterns of Black-backed Woodpeckers in green forest of the Sierra Nevada Mountains, California, USA.

Fogg¹,

Roberts²,

Burnett³

2014

ACE

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

ABSTRACT. Black-backed Woodpeckers (Picoides arcticus) are a rare habitat specialist typically found in moderate and high severity burned forest throughout its range. It also inhabits green forest but little is known about occurrence and habitat use patterns outside of burned areas, especially in the Sierra Nevada of California, USA. We used point count and playback surveys to detect Black-backed Woodpeckers during 2011 -2013 on 460 transects on 10 national forest units. We defined green forest as areas that had not burned at moderate or high severity since 1991 and were more than 2 km from areas burned at moderate or high severity within the previous eight years (n = 386 transects). We used occupancy models to examine green forest habitat associations and found positive relationships with elevation, latitude, northern aspects, number of snags, tree diameter, lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta) forest, and a negative relationship with slope. Estimated occupancy in green forest was higher than previously understood (0.21). In addition site colonization and extinction probability in green forest were low (0.05 and 0.19, respectively) and suggest that many of the individuals detected in green forest were not just actively dispersing across the landscape in search of burned areas, but were occupying relatively stable home ranges. The association with high elevation and lodgepole pine forest may increase their exposure to climate change as these elevation forest types are predicted to decrease in extent over the next century. Although density is high in burned forest, green forest covers significantly more area in the Sierra Nevada and should be considered in efforts to conserve this rare species.Tendance dans l'occurrence du Pic à dos noir dans les forêts vertes de la Sierra Nevada, Californie, États-Unis RÉSUMÉ. Le Pic à dos noir (Picoides arcticus) est un spécialiste rare qui fréquente les forêts modérément à fortement brûlées dans l'ensemble de son aire de répartition. Il s'observe également dans les forêts vertes, mais les tendances dans l'occurrence et l'utilisation de l'habitat à l'extérieur des secteurs brûlés, tout particulièrement dans la Sierra Nevada, aux États-Unis, sont très peu connues. Nous avons effectué des dénombrements par points d'écoute et à l'aide d'enregistrements sonores pour détecter le Pic à dos noir le long de 460 transects situés dans 10 unités de forêts nationales, en 2011-2013. Selon notre définition, une forêt verte n'a pas brûlé de modérément à sévèrement depuis 1991 et est localisée à plus de 2 km de secteurs qui ont brûlé de modérément à sévèrement au cours des huit années précédentes (n = 386 transects). Nous avons utilisé des modèles de présence pour examiner les associations avec les forêts vertes et avons trouvé une relation positive avec l'altitude, la latitude, l'orientation vers le nord, le nombre de chicots, le diamètre des arbres et les forêts de Pin tordu (Pinus contorta), ainsi qu'une relation négative avec la pente. L'occurrence estimée dans les forêts vertes était plus élev...

show abstract

“…Researchers can capitalize on modern analytical techniques, such as multilevel models, to estimate responses [42], [57], although these techniques might not accurately capture responses of species with large home ranges that likely use habitat outside of sample plots. In these cases, radio-telemetry studies are more likely to provide reliable information about habitat- and treatment-specific responses [58]. Finally, when prior information suggests that certain species are more likely to be impacted than others, evaluation of community responses may not be the most efficient allocation of limited resources.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Effects of Management Intervention on Post-Disturbance Community Composition: An Experimental Analysis Using Bayesian Hierarchical Models

et al. 2013

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

As human demand for ecosystem products increases, management intervention may become more frequent after environmental disturbances. Evaluations of ecological responses to cumulative effects of management interventions and natural disturbances provide critical decision-support tools for managers who strive to balance environmental conservation and economic development. We conducted an experiment to evaluate the effects of salvage logging on avian community composition in lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta) forests affected by beetle outbreaks in Oregon, USA, 1996–1998. Treatments consisted of the removal of lodgepole pine snags only, and live trees were not harvested. We used a Bayesian hierarchical model to quantify occupancy dynamics for 27 breeding species, while accounting for variation in the detection process. We examined how magnitude and precision of treatment effects varied when incorporating prior information from a separate intervention study that occurred in a similar ecological system. Regardless of which prior we evaluated, we found no evidence that the harvest treatment had a negative impact on species richness, with an estimated average of 0.2–2.2 more species in harvested stands than unharvested stands. Estimated average similarity between control and treatment stands ranged from 0.82–0.87 (1 indicating complete similarity between a pair of stands) and suggested that treatment stands did not contain novel assemblies of species responding to the harvesting prescription. Estimated treatment effects were positive for twenty-four (90%) of the species, although the credible intervals contained 0 in all cases. These results suggest that, unlike most post-fire salvage logging prescriptions, selective harvesting after beetle outbreaks may meet multiple management objectives, including the maintenance of avian community richness comparable to what is found in unharvested stands. Our results provide managers with prescription alternatives to respond to severe beetle outbreaks that continue to occur across extensive portions of the dry forests of western North America.

show abstract

Multi-scale nest-site selection by black-backed woodpeckers in outbreaks of mountain pine beetles

Cited by 55 publications

References 33 publications

Effects of salvage logging on avian nest survival in beetle-killed forests

Effects of salvage logging on avian nest survival in beetle-killed forests

Occurrence patterns of Black-backed Woodpeckers in green forest of the Sierra Nevada Mountains, California, USA.

Effects of Management Intervention on Post-Disturbance Community Composition: An Experimental Analysis Using Bayesian Hierarchical Models

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About