Thirty Years of Post-fire Succession in a Southern Boreal Forest Bird Community

Response of vegetation and birds to severe wind disturbance and salvage logging in a southern boreal forest

“…Consistent with the observations of others, we found that the dominant guild using the mature forest was tree-foliage searchers (e.g., Hutto, 1995;Hannon and Drapeau, 2005) and, as with fire disturbances (Apfelbaum and Haney, 1986;Haney et al, 2008), the dominant guild after the severe wind disturbance was groundbrush foragers (Burris and Haney, 2006). Bird species using the salvaged and unsalvaged plots were similar except for presence of Chestnut-sided Warbler and Mourning Warbler and great reduction in Magnolia Warbler and Nashville Warbler after salvage logging.…”

“…Flagging was hung at the corners of each cell so that we could easily determine our location within the plot. Birds were surveyed from dawn to mid-morning during the last week of May and first two weeks of June using the same methods previously reported (Apfelbaum and Haney, 1981;Haney, 2005, 2006;Haney et al, 2008). All birds seen or heard inside as well as within 25 m of the outside of the grid were plotted, providing a survey area of 9 ha.…”

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

“…As forests undergo successional changes following disturbance, their bird assemblages also change as species that inhabit newly disturbed sites are progressively replaced by those favouring older forests (Loyn, 1980(Loyn, , 1985aHelle, 1985;Imbeau et al, 1999;Williams et al, 2001;Keller et al, 2003;Knutson et al, 2005;Venier and Pearce, 2005;Schieck and Song, 2006;Summers, 2007;Haney et al, 2008). Thus, by altering the relative proportions of the forest landscape at various seral stages, the frequency and extent of wildfire or logging can influence the composition of forest bird assemblages.…”

Using Bird Ecology to Learn About the Benefits of Severe Fire

“…Moreover, mixed-severity fires (which can result only from highseverity fire events) help provide a variety of kinds of starting points, which, in turn, also help maintain biological diversity (Smucker et al, 2005;Haney et al, 2008;Rush et al, 2012;Sitters et al, 2014; see also Chapters 4-6). Moreover, mixed-severity fires (which can result only from highseverity fire events) help provide a variety of kinds of starting points, which, in turn, also help maintain biological diversity (Smucker et al, 2005;Haney et al, 2008;Rush et al, 2012;Sitters et al, 2014; see also Chapters 4-6).…”