Response of bird communities to selection harvesting in a northern tolerant hardwood forest

2007 ◽  
Vol 238 (1-3) ◽  
pp. 280-292 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen B. Holmes ◽  
Doug G. Pitt
Keyword(s):  
Bird Communities ◽  
Hardwood Forest ◽  
Selection Harvesting

Short-term changes in summer and winter resident bird communities following a high severity wildfire in a southern USA mixed pine/hardwood forest

2015 ◽  
Vol 350 ◽  
pp. 13-21 ◽  
Author(s):  
Donald J. Brown ◽  
Jacqueline R. Ferrato ◽  
Clayton J. White ◽  
Ivana Mali ◽  
Michael R.J. Forstner ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Bird Communities ◽  
Hardwood Forest ◽  
Short Term ◽  
High Severity ◽  
Resident Bird

Breeding bird communities of upland hardwood forest 12 years after shelterwood logging

2008 ◽  
Vol 255 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 1271-1282 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kimberly H. Augenfeld ◽  
Scott B. Franklin ◽  
David H. Snyder
Keyword(s):  
Bird Communities ◽  
Hardwood Forest ◽  
Breeding Bird

Ten-year response of bird communities to an operational herbicide–shelterwood treatment in a northern hardwood forest

2011 ◽  
Vol 262 (7) ◽  
pp. 1205-1214 ◽  
Author(s):  
Scott H. Stoleson ◽  
Todd E. Ristau ◽  
David S. deCalesta ◽  
Stephen B. Horsley
Keyword(s):  
Bird Communities ◽  
Hardwood Forest ◽  
Northern Hardwood Forest ◽  
Northern Hardwood

Functional evenness of bird communities varies along the elevational gradient in Europe: Conservation implications

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Federico Morelli ◽  
Yanina
Keyword(s):  
Species Richness ◽  
Elevation Gradient ◽  
Bird Species ◽  
Elevational Gradient ◽  
Negative Association ◽  
Bird Communities ◽  
Breeding Bird ◽  
Bird Species Richness ◽  
Large Spatial Scale ◽  
Functional Evenness

ContextThe negative association between elevation and species richness is a well-recognized pattern in macro-ecology. ObjectivesThe aim of this study was to investigate changes in functional evenness of breeding bird communities along an elevation gradient in Europe. MethodsUsing the bird data from the EBCC Atlas of European Breeding Birds we estimated an index of functional evenness which can be assumed as a measure of the potential resilience of communities.ResultsOur findings confirm the existence of a negative association between elevation and bird species richness in all European eco regions. However, we also explored a novel aspect of this relationship, important for conservation: Our findings provide evidence at large spatial scale of a negative association between the functional evenness (potential community resilience) and elevation, independent of the eco region. We also found that the Natura2000 protected areas covers the territory most in need of protection, those characterized by bird communities with low potential resilience, in hilly and mountainous areas.ConclusionsThese results draw attention to European areas occupied by bird communities characterized by a potential lower capacity to respond to strong ecological changes, and, therefore, potentially more exposed to risks for conservation.

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