Stand management: A threat or opportunity for birds in British woodland?

Ibis

Volumn 149, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2007, Pages 161-174

  Quine, Christopher P ^a   Fuller, Robert J ^b   Smith, Ken W ^c   Grice, Philip V ^d  

^a FOREST RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b THE NUNNERY   (United Kingdom)

^c RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

^d NATURAL ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS; DECIDUOUS TREE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HABITAT LOSS; HABITAT STRUCTURE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; NATURALIZATION; NATURE CONSERVATION; POPULATION DECLINE; REWETTING; STAND DYNAMICS; WOODLAND;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

AVES;

EID: 36448944310     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: 1474919X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2007.00742.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (73)

1. Amar, A., Hewson, C.M., Thewlis, R.M., Smith, K.W., Fuller, R.J., Lindsell, J.A., Conway, G., Butler, S. Macdonald, M.A. 2006. What's Happening to Our Woodland Birds? Long-Term Changes in the Populations of Woodland Birds. a Re-Survey of Breeding Bird Populations of Broadleaved and Mixed Woodlands in 2003-04 to Examine Changes Since the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s and Test These Changes Against a Range of Hypotheses for Their Causes. Thetford: RSPB and BTO.
2. Angelstam, P.K. 1998. Maintaining and restoring biodiversity in European boreal forests by developing natural disturbance regimes. J. Veg. Sci. 9: 593 602.
3. Annand, E.M. Thompson, F.R. 1997. Forest bird response to regeneration practices in central hardwood forests. J. Wildl. Manage. 61: 159 171.
4. Beese, W.J. Bryant, A.A. 1999. Effect of alternative silvicultural systems on vegetation and bird communities in coastal montane forests of British Columbia, Canada. For. Ecol. Manage. 115: 231 242.
5. Bills, D. 2001. The UK Government and certification. Int. For. Rev. 3: 323 326.
6. ter Braak, C.J.F. Smilauer, P. 1998. Canoco Reference Manual and User's Guide to Canoco for Windows: Software for Canonical Community Ordination, Version 4. Ithaca, NY: Microcomputer Power.
7. Ciancio, O., Corona, P., Lamonaca, A., Portoghesi, L. Travaglini, D. 2006. Conversion of clearcut beech coppices into high forests with continuous cover: a case study in central Italy. For. Ecol. Manage. 224: 235 240.
8. Conner, R.N. Dickson, J.G. 1997. Relationships between bird communities and forest age, structure, species composition and fragmentation in the West Gulf Coastal Plain. Texas J. Sci. 49: 123 138.
9. Currie, F.A. Bamford, R. 1982. The value to wildlife of retaining small conifer stands beyond normal felling age within forests. Q. J. For. 76: 153 160.
10. Decocq, G. 2000. The 'masking effect' of silviculture on substrate-induced plant diversity in oak-hornbeam forests from northern France. Biodiv. Conserv. 9: 1467 1491.
11. Decocq, G., Aubert, M., Dupont, F., Bardat, J., Wattez-Franger, A., Saguez, R., De Foucault, B., Alard, D. Delelis-Dusoliier, A. 2005. Silviculture-driven vegetation change in a European temperate deciduous forest. Ann. For. Sci. 62: 313 323.
12. Degraaf, R.M., Hestbeck, J.B. Yamasaki, M. 1998. Associations between breeding bird abundance and stand structure in the White Mountains, New Hampshire and Maine, USA For. Ecol. Manag. 103: 217 233.
13. Díaz, L. 2006. Influences of forest type and forest structure on bird communities in oak and pine woodlands in Spain. For. Ecol. Manage. 223: 54 65.
14. Donald, P.F., Fuller, R.J., Evans, A.D. Gough, S.J. 1998. Effects of forest management and grazing on breeding bird communities in plantations of broadleaved and coniferous trees in western England. Biol. Conserv. 85: 183 197.
15. Doyon, F., Gagnon, D. Giroux, J.-F. 2005. Effects of strip and single-tree selection cutting on birds and their habitat in a southwestern Quebec northern hardwood forest. For. Ecol. Manage. 209: 101 116.
16. Dunford, W. Freemark, K. 2004. Matrix matters: effects of surrounding land uses on forest birds near Ottawa, Canada. Landscape Ecol. 20: 497 511.
17. Easton, W.E. Martin, K. 1998. The effect of vegetation management on breeding bird communities in British Columbia. Ecol. Appl. 8: 1092 1103.
18. Eaton, M.A., Ausden, M., Burton, N., Grice, P.V., Hearn, R.D., Hewson, C.M., Hilton, G.M., Noble, D.G., Ratcliffe, N. Rehfisch, M.M. 2006. The State of the UK's Birds 2005. Sandy, Bedfordshire: RSPB, BTO, WWT, CCW, EN, EHS, SNH.
19. Forestry Commission. 2003. National Inventory of Woodland and Trees - Great Britain. Edinburgh: Forestry Commission.
20. Foster, D.R. 1992. Land-use history (1730-1990) and vegetation dynamics in central New England, USA. J. Ecol. 80: 753 772.
21. Fredericksen, T.S., Ross, B.D., Hoffman, W., Ross, E., Morrison, M.L., Beyea, J., Lester, M.B. Johnson, B.N. 2000. The impact of logging on wildlife: a study in northeastern Pennsylvania. J. For. 98: 4 10.
22. Frelich, L.E. 2002. Forest Dynamics and Disturbance Regimes: Studies from Temperate Evergreen-Deciduous Forests. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
23. Fujimori, T. 2001. Ecological and Silvicultural Strategies for Sustainable Forest Management. Amsterdam: Elsevier.
24. Fuller, R.J. 1992. Effects of coppice management on woodland breeding birds. In Buckley, G.P. (ed.) The Ecology and Management of Coppice Woodlands: 169 192. London: Chapman & Hall.
25. Fuller, R.J. 1995. Bird Life of Woodland and Forest. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
26. Fuller, R.J. Henderson, A.C.B. 1992. Distribution of breeding songbirds in Bradfield woods, Suffolk, in relation to vegetation and coppice management. Bird Study 39: 73 88.
27. Fuller, R.J. Warren, M.S. 1995. Management for biodiversity in British woodlands: striking a balance. Br. Wildl. 7: 26 37.
28. Fuller, R.M., Devereux, B.J., Gillings, S., Amable, G.S. Hill, R.A. 2005. Indices of bird-habitat preference from field surveys of birds and remote sensing of land cover: a study of south-eastern England with wider implications for conservation and biodiversity assessment. Global Ecol. Biogeogr. 14: 223 239.
29. Fuller, R.J., Gaston, K.J. Quine, C.P. 2007. Living in the edge: British and Irish woodland birds in a European context. Ibis 149 (Suppl. 2 53 63.
30. Fuller, R.J. Green, G.H. 1998. Effects of woodland structure on breeding bird populations in stands of coppice lime (Tilia cordata) in western England over a 10 year period. Forestry 71: 199 215.
31. Gärtner, S. Reif, A. 2004. The impact of forest transformation on stand structure and ground vegetation in the southern Black Forest, Germany. Plant Soil 264: 35 51.
32. Gill, R.M.A. Fuller, R.J. 2007. The effects of deer browsing on woodland structure and songbirds in lowland Britain. Ibis 149 (Suppl. 2 119 127.
33. Hamel, P.B., Twedt, D.J., Nuttle, T.J., Woodson, C.A., Broerman, F. Wahome, J.M. 2002. Winter bird communities in afforestation: should we speed up or slow down ecological succession? In Holland, M.M., Warren, M.L. Stanturf, J.A. (eds) How Well Can Riverine Wetlands Continue to Support Society Into the 21st Century?: 98 108. Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture. Forest Service.
34. Haveri, B.A. Carey, A.B. 2000. Forest management strategy, spatial heterogeneity, and winter birds in Washington. Wildl. Soc. Bull. 28: 643 652.
35. Hayes, J.P., Weikel, J.M. Huso, M.M.P. 2003. Response of birds to thinning young Douglas-Fir forests. Ecol. Appl. 13: 1222 1232.
36. Helms, J.A. (ed.) 1998. The Dictionary of Forestry. Wallingford: SAF and CABI.
37. Homyack, J.A., Harrison, D.J. Krohn, W.B. 2005. Long-term effects of precommercial thinning on small mammals in northern Maine. For. Ecol. Manage. 205: 43 57.
38. Humphrey, J.W., Ferris, R. Quine, C.P. (eds) 2003. Biodiversity in Britain's Planted Forests. Results from the Forestry Commission's Biodiversity Assessment Project. Edinburgh: Forestry Commission.
39. Kirby, K.J. Buckley, G.P. (eds) 1994. Ecological Responses to the 1987 Great Storm in the Woods of south-east England. Peterborough: English Nature.
40. Kirby, K., Smart, S.M., Black, H.I.J., Bunce, R.G.H., Corney, P.M. Smithers, R.J. 2005. Long Term Ecological Change in British Woodland (1971-2001): a Re-Survey and Analysis of Change Based on the 103 Sites in the Nature Conservancy 'Bunce 1971' Woodland Survey. English Nature Research Report 653. Peterborough: English Nature.
41. Lindenmayer, D.B. Franklin, J.F. 2002. Conserving Forest Biodiversity: a Comprehensive Multiscaled Approach. Washington, DC: Island Press.
42. Loehle, C., Wigley, T.B., Rutzmoser, S., Gerwin, J.A., Keyser, P.D., Lancia, R.A., Reynolds, C.J., Thill, R.E., Weih, R., White, D. Jr. Wood, P.B. 2005. Managed forest landscape structure and avian species richness in the southeastern US. For. Ecol. Manage. 214: 279 293.
43. Maícas, R. Haeger, J.F. 2004. Pine plantations as a breeding habitat for a hole-nesting bird species crested tit (Parus cristatus) in southern Spain. For. Ecol. Manage. 195: 267 278.
44. Marzluff, J.M. Sallabanks, R. (eds) 1998. Avian Conservation: Research and Management. Washington, DC: Island Press.
45. Marzluff, J.M., Raphael, M.G. Sallabanks, R. 2000. Understanding the effects of forest management on avian species. Wildl. Soc. Bull. 28: 1132 1143.
46. Mason, W.L. 2007. Changes in the management of British forests between 1945 and 2000 and possible future trends. Ibis 149 (Suppl. 2 41 52.
47. Mitchell, M.S., Rutzmoser, S.H., Wigley, T.B., Loehle, C., Gerwin, J.A., Keyser, P.D., Lancia, R.A., Perry, R.W., Reynolds, C.J., Thill, R.E., Weih, R., White, D. Wood, P.B. 2006. Relationships between avian richness and landscape structure at multiple scales using multiple landscapes. For. Ecol. Manage. 221: 155 169.
48. Monteil, C., Deconchat, M. Balent, G.R. 2004. Simple neural network reveals unexpected patterns of bird species richness in forest fragments. Land. Ecol. 20: 513 527.
49. Moorman, C.E. Guynn, D.C. 2001. Effects of group-selection opening size on breeding bird habitat use in a bottomland forest. Ecol. Appl. 11: 1680 1691.
50. Newton, I. 1972. Finches. London: Collins.
51. Oliver, C.D. Larson, B.C. 1996. Forest Stand Dynamics. New York: John Wiley and Sons.
52. Pakkala, T., Hanski, I. Tomppo, E. 2002. Spatial ecology of the Three-Toed Woodpecker in managed forest landscapes. Silva Fennica 36: 279 288.
53. Patterson, I.J., Ollason, J.G. Doyle, P. 1995. Bird populations in upland spruce plantations in northern Britain. For. Ecol. Manage. 79: 107 131.
54. Peterken, G.F. Mountford, E.P. 1996. Effects of drought on beech in Lady Park Wood, an unmanaged mixed deciduous woodland. Forestry 69: 125 136.
55. Petty, S.J. Avery, M.I. 1990. Forest Bird Communities. Edinburgh: Forestry Commission.
56. Quine, C.P., Humphrey, J.W. Ferris, R. 1999. Should the wind disturbance patterns observed in natural forests be mimicked in planted forests in the British uplands? Forestry 72: 337 358.
57. Rebane, M., Waliczky, Z. Turner, R. 1997. Boreal and temperate forests. In Tucker, G.M. Evans, M.I. (eds) Habitats for Birds in Europe: a Conservation Strategy for the Wider Environment: 203 238. Cambridge: BirdLife International.
58. Robinson, W.D. Robinson, S.K. 1999. Effects of selective logging on forest bird populations in a fragmented landscape. Conserv. Biol. 13: 58 66.
59. Rollinson, T.J.D. 2003. Changing needs - changing forests: the UK experience. In UNFF Intersessional Experts Meeting on the Role of Planted Forests in Sustainable Forest Management, 24-30 March 2003: 1 13. Wellington: UNFF.
60. Schütz, J.-P. 1999. Close-to-nature silviculture: is this concept compatible with species diversity? Forestry 72: 359 366.
61. Schütz, J.-P. 2002. Uneven-aged silviculture: tradition and practices. Forestry 75: 327 328.
62. Seymour, R.S. Hunter, M.L. Jr. 1999. Principles of ecological forestry. In Hunter, M.L. Jr. (ed.) Maintaining Biodiversity in Forested Ecosystems: 22 61. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
63. Smith, K. 2007. The utilisation of deadwood resources by woodpeckers in Britain. Ibis 149 (Suppl. 2 183 192.
64. Smith, K.W., Burges, D.J. Parks, R.A. 1992. Breeding bird communities of broadleaved plantation and ancient pasture woodlands of the New Forest. Bird Study 39: 132 141.
65. Summers, R. 2007. Stand selection by birds in Scots pinewoods in Scotland: the need for more old-growth pinewood. Ibis 149 (Suppl. 2 175 182.
66. Sutherland, W.J. 2002. Openness in management. Nature 418: 834 835.
67. Symes, N. Currie, F. 2005. Woodland Management for Birds: a Guide to Managing for Declining Woodland Birds in England. Cambridge: The RSPB and Forestry Commission England.
68. Tucker, G.M. Evans, M.I. 1997. Habitat for Birds in Europe: a Conservation Strategy for the Wider Environment. Cambridge, UK: BirdLife International.
69. Valkonen, S., Ruuska, J. Siipilehto, J. 2002. Effect of retained trees on the development of young Scots pine stands in Southern Finland. For. Ecol. Manage. 166: 227 243.
70. Venier, L.A. Pearce, J.L. 2005. Boreal bird community response to jack pine forest succession. For. Ecol. Manage. 217: 19 36.
71. Walsh, P.M., O'Halloran, J., Kelly, T.C. Giller, P.S. 2000. Assessing and optimising the influence of plantation forestry on bird diversity in Ireland. Irish For. 57: 2 9.
72. Warren, T.L., Betts, M.G., Diamond, A.W. Forbes, G.J. 2005. The influence of local habitat and landscape composition on cavity-nesting birds in a forested mosaic. For. Ecol. Manage. 214: 331 343.
73. Wesołowski, T. 2005. Virtual conservation: how the European Union is turning a blind eye to its vanishing primeval forests. Conserv. Biol. 19: 1349 1358.