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A comparison of bird communities in the anthropogenic and natural-tree fall gaps of a reduced-impact logged subtropical forest in Bolivia

Felton, Adam; Wood, Jeffrey; Felton, Annika M; Hennessey, Bennett A.; Lindenmayer, David B

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We studied bird community composition and abundance within four vegetation and disturbance categories located within selectively logged and unlogged forest in a Bolivian subtropical lowland forestry concession. The logged forest was subject to reduced-impact logging between 1 and 4 years prior to our study. The four categories were: 1) 'gap' points possessing natural or anthropogenic tree-fall gaps; 2) 'target' points with one of five commercial tree species of harvestable size; 3) 'future'...[Show more]

dc.contributor.authorFelton, Adam
dc.contributor.authorWood, Jeffrey
dc.contributor.authorFelton, Annika M
dc.contributor.authorHennessey, Bennett A.
dc.contributor.authorLindenmayer, David B
dc.date.accessioned2015-12-07T22:14:14Z
dc.identifier.issn0959-2709
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/17331
dc.description.abstractWe studied bird community composition and abundance within four vegetation and disturbance categories located within selectively logged and unlogged forest in a Bolivian subtropical lowland forestry concession. The logged forest was subject to reduced-impact logging between 1 and 4 years prior to our study. The four categories were: 1) 'gap' points possessing natural or anthropogenic tree-fall gaps; 2) 'target' points with one of five commercial tree species of harvestable size; 3) 'future' points possessing a commercial tree below harvestable size and 4) 'non-target' points not possessing harvestable tree species. The bird community composition of logging gaps significantly differed from that found within natural tree-fall gaps in the unlogged forest P < 0.05. Species richness was higher in natural tree-fall gaps than in anthropogenic gaps. Furthermore, a higher proportion of disturbance sensitive species were associated with natural-tree fall gaps, whereas a higher proportion of disturbance tolerant species were associated with anthropogenic gaps. No significant difference was detected in the bird community composition for the other three vegetation categories surveyed. We discuss the conservation and silvicultural repercussions of these results.
dc.language.isoen_AU
dc.publisherCambridge University Press
dc.sourceBird Conservation International
dc.subjectKeywords: abundance; bird; community composition; community structure; conservation status; subtropical region; vegetation structure; Bolivia; South America; Aves Birds; Gaps; Reduced-impact logging; Vegetation structure
dc.titleA comparison of bird communities in the anthropogenic and natural-tree fall gaps of a reduced-impact logged subtropical forest in Bolivia
dc.typeJournal article
local.description.notesImported from ARIES
local.identifier.citationvolume18
dc.date.issued2008
local.identifier.absfor060208 - Terrestrial Ecology
local.identifier.absfor070504 - Forestry Management and Environment
local.identifier.absfor060202 - Community Ecology
local.identifier.ariespublicationu4589836xPUB1
local.type.statusPublished Version
local.contributor.affiliationFelton, Adam, College of Medicine, Biology and Environment, ANU
local.contributor.affiliationWood, Jeffrey, College of Medicine, Biology and Environment, ANU
local.contributor.affiliationFelton, Annika M, College of Medicine, Biology and Environment, ANU
local.contributor.affiliationHennessey, Bennett A., Armonia (Birdlife International)
local.contributor.affiliationLindenmayer, David, College of Medicine, Biology and Environment, ANU
local.description.embargo2037-12-31
local.bibliographicCitation.issue2
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage129
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage143
local.identifier.doi10.1017/S0959270908000117
dc.date.updated2015-12-07T07:26:12Z
local.identifier.scopusID2-s2.0-44249096798
local.identifier.thomsonID000257049500004
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