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DOI | 10.1016/j.foreco.2017.07.053 |
Decade-long bird community response to the spatial pattern of variable retention harvesting in red pine (Pines resinosa) forests | |
Shea, Eddie L.1; Schulte, Lisa A.1; Palik, Brian J.2 | |
2017-10-15 | |
发表期刊 | FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT |
ISSN | 0378-1127 |
EISSN | 1872-7042 |
出版年 | 2017 |
卷号 | 402 |
文章类型 | Article |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | USA |
英文摘要 | Structural complexity is widely recognized as an inherent characteristic of unmanaged forests critical to their function and resilience, but often reduced in their managed counterparts. Variable retention harvesting (VRH) has been proposed as a way to restore or enhance structural complexity in managed forests, and thereby sustain attendant biodiversity and ecosystem function. Here we examined the decade-long response of diurnal breeding birds to a VRH experiment that, for the first time, incorporated both overstory and shrub layer treatments in red pine (Pines resinosa) dominated forests in Minnesota, USA. Overstory treatments included dispersed retention, aggregated retention achieved by cutting small (0.1 ha) gaps, aggregated retention achieved by cutting large (0.3 ha) gaps, and an uncut control. A shrub layer treatment of ambient or reduced shrub density was also implemented as a split-plot design in each harvest treatment. We found a consistent increase in bird species richness and abundance with all retention harvest treatments over time compared to the control; species richness was also significantly greater in the large gap-aggregated treatment compared to dispersed and small gap-aggregated retention harvests. Among guilds, foliage-gleaning and shrub- and tree-nesting birds exhibited the strongest positive response to retention harvesting. Species associated with early-successional habitat, forest edges, and shrubs responded most positively to VRH including Chestnut-sided Warbler (Setophaga pensylvanica) and American Restart (S. ruticilla), although late-successional species such as Blackburnian Warbler (S. fusca) and Black-throated Green Warbler (S. Wrens) also showed positive response. We found few differences due to shrub reduction, and only at the species level: Ovenbird (Seiurus aurocapilla) and American Redstart were more abundant in the ambient shrub treatment, whereas Brown Creeper (Certhia americana), Veery (Catharus fuscenscens), and Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) were more abundant with a reduced density of shrubs. Results through the first 10 years following harvest revealed differences in bird response to both VRH and shrub treatment, suggesting that management can result in forested landscapes with bird communities that are species rich, diverse, and abundant. |
英文关键词 | Avian Biodiversity Complexity Ecological forestry Forest management Minnesota |
领域 | 气候变化 |
收录类别 | SCI-E |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000411534000027 |
WOS关键词 | NORTHERN HARDWOOD FORESTS ; OVERSTORY RETENTION ; HABITAT STRUCTURE ; TERM RESPONSES ; BOREAL FORESTS ; RADIAL GROWTH ; LAND-USE ; MINNESOTA ; ECOSYSTEM ; DISTRIBUTIONS |
WOS类目 | Forestry |
WOS研究方向 | Forestry |
引用统计 | |
文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/22133 |
专题 | 气候变化 |
作者单位 | 1.Iowa State Univ, Dept Nat Resources Ecol & Management, Ames, IA 50011 USA; 2.US Forest Serv, USDA, 1831 Hwy 169 East, Grand Rapids, MN 55744 USA |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Shea, Eddie L.,Schulte, Lisa A.,Palik, Brian J.. Decade-long bird community response to the spatial pattern of variable retention harvesting in red pine (Pines resinosa) forests[J]. FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT,2017,402. |
APA | Shea, Eddie L.,Schulte, Lisa A.,&Palik, Brian J..(2017).Decade-long bird community response to the spatial pattern of variable retention harvesting in red pine (Pines resinosa) forests.FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT,402. |
MLA | Shea, Eddie L.,et al."Decade-long bird community response to the spatial pattern of variable retention harvesting in red pine (Pines resinosa) forests".FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT 402(2017). |
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