A comparison of bird communities in the anthropogenic and natural-tree fall gaps of a reduced-impact logged subtropical forest in Bolivia
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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.author | Felton, Adam | |
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dc.contributor.author | Wood, Jeffrey | |
dc.contributor.author | Felton, Annika M | |
dc.contributor.author | Hennessey, Bennett A. | |
dc.contributor.author | Lindenmayer, David B | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2015-12-07T22:14:14Z | |
dc.identifier.issn | 0959-2709 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1885/17331 | |
dc.description.abstract | 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' 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.iso | en_AU | |
dc.publisher | Cambridge University Press | |
dc.source | Bird Conservation International | |
dc.subject | Keywords: abundance; bird; community composition; community structure; conservation status; subtropical region; vegetation structure; Bolivia; South America; Aves Birds; Gaps; Reduced-impact logging; Vegetation structure | |
dc.title | A comparison of bird communities in the anthropogenic and natural-tree fall gaps of a reduced-impact logged subtropical forest in Bolivia | |
dc.type | Journal article | |
local.description.notes | Imported from ARIES | |
local.identifier.citationvolume | 18 | |
dc.date.issued | 2008 | |
local.identifier.absfor | 060208 - Terrestrial Ecology | |
local.identifier.absfor | 070504 - Forestry Management and Environment | |
local.identifier.absfor | 060202 - Community Ecology | |
local.identifier.ariespublication | u4589836xPUB1 | |
local.type.status | Published Version | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Felton, Adam, College of Medicine, Biology and Environment, ANU | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Wood, Jeffrey, College of Medicine, Biology and Environment, ANU | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Felton, Annika M, College of Medicine, Biology and Environment, ANU | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Hennessey, Bennett A., Armonia (Birdlife International) | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Lindenmayer, David, College of Medicine, Biology and Environment, ANU | |
local.description.embargo | 2037-12-31 | |
local.bibliographicCitation.issue | 2 | |
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage | 129 | |
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage | 143 | |
local.identifier.doi | 10.1017/S0959270908000117 | |
dc.date.updated | 2015-12-07T07:26:12Z | |
local.identifier.scopusID | 2-s2.0-44249096798 | |
local.identifier.thomsonID | 000257049500004 | |
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