scholarly journals Vegetation management on private forestland can increase avian species richness and abundance

The Condor ◽  
2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jesse M Wood ◽  
Amy K Tegeler ◽  
Beth E Ross
Keyword(s):  
South Carolina ◽  
Species Richness ◽  
Forest Management ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Basal Area ◽  
Timber Harvest ◽  
Avian Species ◽  
Active Management ◽  
Private Lands ◽  
Species Richness And Abundance

Abstract Conservation efforts on private lands are important for biodiversity conservation. On private lands in South Carolina, in the southeastern United States, forestry management practices (prescribed burning, thinning, herbicide application) are used to improve upland pine habitat for wildlife and timber harvest and are incentivized through U.S. Department of Agriculture Farm Bill cost-share programs. Because many forest-dependent avian species have habitat requirements created primarily through forest management, data are needed on the effectiveness of these management activities. We studied privately owned loblolly pine (Pinus taeda) stands in the South Carolina Piedmont region. Our objective was to understand how management practices influence avian species richness and abundance at local (forest stand) and landscape levels in relatively small stands (average ~28 ha). We surveyed 49 forest stands during 2 bird breeding seasons with traditional point counts and vegetation surveys. We evaluated the effects of management on pine stand characteristics, avian species richness, and abundance of state-designated bird species of concern. Repeated burning and thinning shifted stand conditions to open pine woodlands with reduced basal area and herbaceous understories. Stands with lower basal area supported greater avian species richness. Some species increased in abundance in response to active management (e.g., Brown-headed Nuthatch [Sitta pusilla] and Indigo Bunting [Passerina cyanea]), but relationships varied. Some species responded positively to increases in forest quantity at a landscape scale (1–5 km; e.g., Northern Bobwhite [Colinus virginianus]). We found species-rich avian communities and species of conservation concern on working timber lands, indicating that incentivized forest management on private lands can provide valuable habitat for wildlife.

scholarly journals Avian Species Richness in Relation to Intensive Forest Management Practices in Early Seral Tree Plantations

PLoS ONE ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 7 (8) ◽  
pp. e43290 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jay E. Jones ◽  
Andrew J. Kroll ◽  
Jack Giovanini ◽  
Steven D. Duke ◽  
Tana M. Ellis ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Species Richness ◽  
Forest Management ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Avian Species ◽  
Tree Plantations ◽  
Forest Management Practices ◽  
Intensive Forest Management

scholarly journals Impact of greenspaces in city on avian species richness and abundance in Northern Africa

2017 ◽  
Vol 340 (8) ◽  
pp. 394-400
Author(s):  
Hani Amir Aouissi ◽  
Julien Gasparini ◽  
Adnène Ibrahim Belabed ◽  
Zihad Bouslama
Keyword(s):  
Species Richness ◽  
Northern Africa ◽  
Avian Species ◽  
Species Richness And Abundance

Short-term effects of timber harvest and forest edges on ground-layer mosses and liverworts

2005 ◽  
Vol 83 (6) ◽  
pp. 610-620 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cara R Nelson ◽  
Charles B Halpern
Keyword(s):  
Forest Management ◽  
Edge Effects ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Timber Harvest ◽  
Ground Layer ◽  
Limited Information ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Logging Effects ◽  
Structural Retention

Limited information exists on the effects of forest management practices on bryophytes, despite their importance to forest ecosystems. We examined short-term responses of ground-layer bryophytes to logging disturbance and creation of edges in mature Pseudotsuga forests of western Washington (USA). The abundance and richness of species were measured in four 1-ha forest aggregates (patches of intact forest) and in surrounding logged areas before and after structural retention harvests. One year after treatment, species richness, total cover, and frequency of most moss and liverwort taxa declined within harvest areas. Within forest aggregates, mosses did not show significant edge effects; however, richness and abundance of liverworts declined with proximity to the aggregate edge. Our results suggest that, over short time frames, 1-ha-sized aggregates are sufficient to maintain most common mosses through structural retention harvests but are not large enough to prevent declines or losses of liverworts. Thus, current standards for structural retention, which allow for aggregates as small as 0.2 ha, may be inadequate to retain the diversity and abundance of species found in mature, undisturbed forests.Key words: bryophyte, edge effects, forest borders, forest management, logging effects, structural retention harvest.

The Effects of Winter Temperature and Land Use on Mangrove Avian Species Richness and Abundance on Leizhou Peninsula, China

Wetlands ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 40 (1) ◽  
pp. 153-166
Author(s):  
Quan Chen ◽  
Guorui Xu ◽  
Zhifeng Wu ◽  
Peng Kang ◽  
Qian Zhao ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Species Richness ◽  
Winter Temperature ◽  
Avian Species ◽  
Leizhou Peninsula ◽  
Species Richness And Abundance

scholarly journals Effects of Forest Management Practices on Moth Communities in a Japanese Larch (Larix kaempferi (Lamb.) Carrière) Plantation

Forests ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (9) ◽  
pp. 574 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mi Moon ◽  
Sung-Soo Kim ◽  
Dae-Seong Lee ◽  
Hee Yang ◽  
Chan-Woo Park ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Species Richness ◽  
Forest Management ◽  
Community Composition ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Forest Ecology ◽  
Japanese Larch ◽  
Larix Kaempferi ◽  
Forest Management Practices ◽  
Aggregated Retention ◽  
Mongolian Oak

Biodiversity in forests is strongly affected by forest management practices, such as clearcutting and aggregated retention. Therefore, the assessment of the effects of forest management on biodiversity is a major concern in forest ecology. In the present study, we aimed to characterize the effects of forest management practices, after one year, on the abundance, species richness, community composition, and functional groups of moths in forests. The moths were sampled in four different forest stands: three stands (clearcutting, aggregated retention, and no cutting) in a planted Japanese larch forest and one stand in a natural Mongolian oak forest. The results revealed that the moth communities changed in response to the changes in vegetation after the implementation of forest management practices, and clearcutting increased the abundance and species richness of herbivorous and warm-adapted species. The structure and function of moth communities were affected by the forest management practices such as clearcutting and aggregated retention, which were reflected by a decrease in community indices and change in moth community composition with changes in vegetation.

scholarly journals Rapid assessment of avian species richness and abundance using acoustic indices

2020 ◽  
Vol 115 ◽  
pp. 106400 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tom Bradfer-Lawrence ◽  
Nils Bunnefeld ◽  
Nick Gardner ◽  
Stephen G. Willis ◽  
Daisy H. Dent
Keyword(s):  
Species Richness ◽  
Rapid Assessment ◽  
Avian Species ◽  
Species Richness And Abundance

scholarly journals Effects of forest management practices on red-shouldered hawks in Ontario

2004 ◽  
Vol 80 (1) ◽  
pp. 54-60 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brian J Naylor ◽  
James A Baker ◽  
Kandyd J Szuba
Keyword(s):  
Forest Management ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Nest Success ◽  
Basal Area ◽  
Forest Management Practices ◽  
Effectiveness Monitoring ◽  
Hardwood Trees ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
Special Concern ◽  
The Impact

The red-shouldered hawk (Buteo lineatus) is a species of special concern throughout its northern range. It is considered to be sensitive to forest management practices because it requires dense mature hardwood forest for nesting. In Ontario, guidelines that prescribe spatial and temporal buffers were developed in about 1990 to mitigate the potential impacts of harvesting. We monitored 84 nesting areas of red-shouldered hawks in central and southeastern Ontario from 1988 to 1995 to describe the effects of forest management practices on the occupancy and productivity of nesting areas, to evaluate the effectiveness of the guidelines, and recommend modifications as appropriate. The number of years nesting areas had been used previously had a significant negative effect on activity status, but not on nest success. Nesting areas harvested with application of the guidelines had a similar probability of being active to those in uncut forest but nesting areas harvested without application of the guidelines did not. Neither the area nor proximity of selection cuts with a moderate to high residual basal area ( ≥18 m2/ha) affected the activity status of nesting areas. In contrast, the area and proximity of heavy cuts (shelterwood cuts or selection cuts with a residual basal area of 14–16 m2/ha) appeared to have a negative effect on activity status. When nesting areas were active, the proximity and amount of harvesting did not influence nest success. We concluded that the impact of harvesting on the activity status of nesting areas could be mitigated by prohibiting heavy cuts within 300 m of active nests and retaining ≥20 ha of forest dominated by tolerant and mid-tolerant hardwood trees, ≥18 m tall, with ≥70% canopy closure around nests. Key words: Buteo lineatus, effectiveness monitoring, habitat guidelines, nest success, Ontario, red-shouldered hawk, forest management, selection, shelterwood, tolerant hardwoods

scholarly journals Establishing quantitative habitat targets for a ‘Critically Endangered’ Neotropical migrant (Golden-cheeked Warbler Dendroica chrysoparia) during the non-breeding season

2011 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 213-221 ◽  
Author(s):  
DAVID I. KING ◽  
CARLIN C. CHANDLER ◽  
JOHN H. RAPPOLE ◽  
RICHARD B. CHANDLER ◽  
DAVID W. MEHLMAN
Keyword(s):  
Forest Management ◽  
Breeding Season ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Basal Area ◽  
Oak Forests ◽  
Line Transect ◽  
Habitat Conditions ◽  
Neotropical Migrant ◽  
Forest Management Practices ◽  
Dendroica Chrysoparia

SummaryThe Golden-cheeked Warbler Dendroica chrysoparia is a federally endangered Neotropical migrant that inhabits montane pine-oak forests in Mexico and northern Central America during the non-breeding season. Although it is known that Golden-cheeked Warblers are closely associated with ‘encino’ oaks (evergreen or holm oak) such as Quercus sapotifolia, Q. eliptica and Q. elongata, which have shiny, narrow, elliptical, or oblong leaves, quantitative habitat targets are useful for effectively incorporating this information into conservation planning and forest management practices. We analysed data on wintering Golden-cheeked Warblers collected during the non-breeding season in Honduras from 1996 to 1998 to identify quantitative targets for habitat conditions for this species. Data on warbler abundance were collected using line transect surveys located in montane pine-oak forests in a stratified-random fashion. Habitat data were collected at five 0.04 ha plots on these same transects and the averaged values used as predictors of Golden-cheeked Warbler abundance. We found that Golden-cheeked Warblers were strongly associated with the basal area of encino oaks and density of ‘roble’ oaks, such as Q. segoviensis, Q. purulhana and Q. rugosa, which have large, lobed leaves. Density of Golden-cheeked Warblers peaked at ≈ 5.6 m2 ha–1 basal area of encino and ≈7 roble oaks ha–1. These values can be used to identify quantitative habitat targets that can be directly incorporated into forest management practices to ensure that these activities maintain habitat conditions necessary for their use by Golden-cheeked Warblers.

scholarly journals What are the effects of even-aged and uneven-aged forest management on boreal forest biodiversity in Fennoscandia and European Russia? A systematic review

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sini Savilaakso ◽  
Anna Johansson ◽  
Matti Häkkilä ◽  
Anne Uusitalo ◽  
Terhi Sandgren ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Species Richness ◽  
Forest Management ◽  
Boreal Forests ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Habitat Preferences ◽  
Natural Forest ◽  
European Russia ◽  
Open Habitat ◽  
Successional Stages ◽  
Species Richness And Abundance

Abstract Background Forest harvesting changes forest habitat and impacts forest dependent species. Uneven-aged management is often considered better for biodiversity than even-aged management, but there is an ongoing discourse over the benefits and disadvantages of different silvicultural systems. This systematic review contributes to the public discussion and provides evidence for policy making by synthesising current evidence on impacts of even-aged and uneven-aged forest management on biodiversity in boreal forests of Fennoscandia and European Russia. In this review even-aged and uneven-aged forest management are compared directly to each other as well as to natural forest to provide a broad basis for public discussion. Methods Both peer-reviewed and grey literature were searched in bibliographical databases, organizational webpages and internet search engines in English, Finnish, Swedish and Russian. Articles were screened for relevance by their title/abstract and again by full text. The inclusion of studies was assessed against pre-defined criteria published in an a priori protocol. A narrative synthesis and meta-analysis were conducted to describe the evidence base and to compare species richness and abundance between differently managed forests. The influence of habitat specialism, taxon, years since harvesting, deadwood availability and harvesting intensity on species richness and abundance were also tested. Review findings Searching identified 43,621 articles of which 137 articles with 854 studies had independent data and were included in the narrative synthesis. Of those, 547 studies were included in the meta-analysis. The most studied taxa were arthropods, vascular plants, bryophytes, fungi, and lichens. Results showed that forests with less disturbance (uneven-aged and mature even-aged) host more forest dependent species than young even-aged forests (< 80 years old) although the difference was only marginally significant for mature even-aged forests (> 80 years old). Uneven-aged forest had similar number of species and individuals than natural forest whereas even-aged forest had less species than natural forest. Open habitat species and their individuals were more numerous in young even-aged forests and forests undergone retention harvest. Effect sizes found were mostly large indicating strong and uniform impact of forest management based on species’ habitat preferences. In addition to habitat specialism, years since harvest explained some of the differences found in species richness and abundance due to increase of open habitat species in the early successional stages and forest dependent species in late successional stages. Taxon had limited explanatory power. Conclusions Habitat preferences determine species’ response to different harvesting methods and the magnitude of effect is large. Less disturbance from harvesting is better for forest dependent species whereas opposite is true for open habitat species. Uneven-aged and mature even-aged forests (> 80 years old) are important to maintain biodiversity in boreal forests. However, the results also highlight that natural forests are needed to ensure the future of forest dependent species in Fennoscandia and European Russia. Given that a broader set of biodiversity aspects are to be protected, best overall biodiversity impacts for a variety of species at landscape level can be achieved by ensuring that there is a mosaic of different forests within landscapes.

scholarly journals How Timber Harvest Affects the Structure and Diversity of a Montane Forest in Southern Mexico

Forests ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (7) ◽  
pp. 895
Author(s):  
Nayely Martínez-Meléndez ◽  
Neptalí Ramírez-Marcial ◽  
Pablo Martínez-Zurimendi ◽  
Manuel J. Cach-Pérez ◽  
José G. García-Franco
Keyword(s):  
Species Richness ◽  
Dominant Species ◽  
Basal Area ◽  
Timber Harvest ◽  
Montane Forest ◽  
Control Treatment ◽  
Importance Value Index ◽  
Importance Value ◽  
Southern Mexico ◽  
Timber Extraction

Timber extraction directly affects forest structure by opening the canopy, reducing the density and volume of dominant species, and transforming the composition, diversity, and functioning of the forest. We analyze the richness, diversity, and basal area of tree species in a pine–oak montane forest under two stages of the Silvicultural Development Method (thinning and liberation cut treatments) in comparison with remnants of forest considered to be control treatment in the Ocotones forest. Timber extraction began 14 years previously but its effect on the tree structure has not been studied to date in this area. We quantified and measured all the trees with a diameter at breast height >5 cm in 12 0.1 ha circular plots in each treatment. Diversity (Hill numbers) and the importance value index were calculated in each treatment. Observed species richness did not differ between treatments; Pinus oocarpa Schiede ex Schltdl. and Quercus sapotifolia Liebm. were the dominant species regardless of treatment. The principal differences in density and basal area among the treatments were found between the small oaks and small pines. In general, tree density recovered in managed areas because of newly recruited pines and re-sprouting oaks. Although no significant reduction in species richness was detected between treatments, species composition and vegetation structure were modified by the extraction of pine timber and the permanence of many large oaks. Silvicultural treatments appear to create conditions favorable to the maintenance of species richness. The silvicultural interventions in the site meet the objectives of timber production, regeneration, and biodiversity conservation; however, the question of how long the forest can maintain its species diversity and structure after timber extraction remains to be addressed.

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