Responses of Great Horned Owls (Bubo virginianus), Barred Owls (Strix varia), and Northern Saw-whet Owls (Aegolius acadicus) to forest cover and configuration in an agricultural landscape in Alberta, Canada

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 86, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1165-1172

  Grossman, S R ^a   Hannon, S J ^a   Sanchez Azofeifa A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGRICULTURAL LAND; BODY SIZE; FOREST COVER; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HETEROGENEITY; RAPTOR; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ALBERTA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

AEGOLIUS ACADICUS; AVES; BUBO VIRGINIANUS; STRIGIFORMES; STRIX VARIA;

EID: 54349085119     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/Z08-095     Document Type: Article

References (40)

1. Bellamy, P., Hinsley, S., and Newton, I. 1996. Factors influencing bird species numbers in small woods in south-east England. J. Appl. Ecol. 33: 249-262. doi:10.2307/2404747.
2. Bosakowski, T. 1994. Landsat reveals negative effect of forest fragmentation on Barred Owl distribution. Records of New Jersey Birds, 20: 66-70.
3. Bosakowski, T., and Smith, D.G. 1998. Response of a forest raptor community to broadcasts of heterospecific and conspecific calls during the breeding season. Can. Field-Nat. 112: 198-203.
4. Bosakowski, T., Speiser, R., and Smith, D.G. 1989. Nesting ecology of forest-dwelling Great Horned Owls in the eastern deciduous forest biome. Can. Field-Nat. 103: 65-69.
5. Burnham, K.P., and Anderson, D.R. 2002. Model selection and multimodel inference: a practical information-theoretic approach. 2nd ed. Springer-Verlag, New York.
6. Cannings, R.J. 1993. Northern Saw-whet Owl (Aegolius acadicus). In The birds of North America. No. 42. Edited by A. Poole and F. Gill. The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, Pa. pp. 1-17.
7. Carey, A.B., and Peeler, K.C. 1995. Spotted owls: resource and space use in mosaic landscapes. J. Raptor Res. 29: 223-239.
8. Carey, A.B., Horton, S.P., and Biswell, B.L. 1992. Northern spotted owls: influence of prey base and landscape character. Ecol. Monogr. 62: 223-250. doi:10.2307/2937094.
9. Dark, S.J., Gutierrez, R.J., and Gould, G.I. 1998. The Barred Owl (Strix varia) invasion in California. Auk, 115: 50-56.
10. Fahrig, L. 2003. Effects of habitat fragmentation on biodiversity. Annu. Rev. Ecol. Evol. Syst. 34: 487-515. doi:10.1146/annurev.ecolsys.34. 011802.132419.
11. Forman, R. 1995. Land mosaics: the ecology of landscapes and regions. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
12. Franklin, A.B., and Gutierrez, R.J. 2002. Spotted owls, forest fragmentation, and forest heterogeneity. Stud. Avian Biol. 25: 203-220.
13. Hayward, G.H., and Garton, E.O. 1988. Resource partitioning among forest owls in the River of No Return Wilderness, Idaho. Oecologia (Berl.), 75: 253-265. doi:10.1007/BF00378606.
14. Herter, D.R., and Hicks, L.L. 2000. Barred owl and spotted owl populations and habitat in the central Cascade Range of Washington. J. Raptor Res. 34: 279-286.
15. Hinam, H., and St. Clair, C.C. 2008. High levels of habitat loss and fragmentation limit reproductive success by reducing home range size and provisioning rates of northern saw-whet owls. Biol. Conserv. 141: 524-535. doi:10.1016/j.biocon.2007.11.011.
16. Hobson, K.A., Bayne, E.M., and Van Wilgenburg, S.L. 2002. Large-scale conversion of forest to agriculture in the boreal plains of Saskatchewan. Conserv. Biol. 16: 1530-1541. doi:10.1046/j.1523-1739.2002.01199.x.
17. Houston, C.S., Smith, D.G., and Rohner, C. 1998. Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus). In The birds of North America. No. 372. Edited by A. Poole and F. Gill. The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, Pa. pp. 1-27.
18. James, D.A., and Neal, J.C. 1986. Arkansas birds: their distribution and abundance. University of Arkansas Press, Fayetteville.
19. Johnsgard, P.A. 1988. North American owls. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D.C.
20. Johnson, D.H. 1993. Spotted owls, Great Horned owls, and forest fragmentation in the Central Oregon Cascades. M.Sc. thesis, Oregon State University, Corvallis.
21. Kelly, E.G., Forsman, E.D., and Anthony, R.G. 2003. Are Barred Owls displacing spotted owlsi Condor, 105: 45-53. doi:10.1650/0010-5422(2003) 105[45:ABODSO]2.0.CO;2.
22. Laidig, K.J., and Dobkin, D.S. 1995. Spatial overlap and habitat associations of barred owls and great horned owls in southern New Jersey. J. Raptor Res. 29: 151-157.
23. Landres, P.B., Verner, J., and Thomas, J.W. 1988. Ecological uses of vertebrate indicator species: a critique. Conserv. Biol. 2: 316-328. doi:10.1111/j.1523-1739.1988.tb00195.x.
24. Livezey, K.B. 2007. Barred owl habitat and prey: a review and synthesis of the literature. J. Raptor Res. 41: 177-201. doi:10.3356/0892- 1016(2007)41[177:BOHAPA]2.0.CO;2.
25. Mazur, K.M., and James, P.C. 2000. Barred Owl (Strix varia). In The birds of North America. No. 508. Edited by A. Poole and F. Gill. The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, Pa. pp. 1-19.
26. Mazur, K.M., Frith, S.D., and James, P.C. 1998. Barred Owl home range and habitat selection in the boreal forest of central Saskatchewan. Auk, 115: 746-754.
27. McGarigal, K., and McComb, W.C. 1995. Relationships between landscape structure and breeding birds in the Oregon coast range. Ecol. Monogr. 65: 235-260. doi:10.2307/2937059.
28. McGarigal, K., Cushman, S.A., Neel, M.C., and Ene, E. 2002. FRAGSTATS: spatial pattern analysis program for categorical maps. Available from http://umass.edu/landeco/research/fragstats/fragstats.html [accessed 26 May 2008].
29. Meyer, J.S., Irwin, L.I., and Boyce, M.S. 1998. Influence of habitat abundance and fragmentation on northern spotted owls in western Oregon. Wildl. Monogr. 139: 1-51.
30. Morrell, T.E., and Yahner, R.H. 1994. Habitat characteristics of great horned owls in south-central Pennsylvania. J. Raptor Res. 28: 164-170.
31. Noss, R.F. 1999. Assessing and monitoring forest biodiversity: a suggested framework and indicators. For. Ecol. Manage. 115: 135-146. doi:10.1016/S0378-1127(98)00394-6.
32. Olsen, B.T. 1999. Breeding habitat ecology of the barred owl (Strix varia) at three spatial scales in the boreal mixedwood forest of north-central Alberta. Master's thesis, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton.
33. Olsen, B.T., Hannon, S.J., and Court, G.S. 2006. Short-term response of breeding barred owls to forestry in a boreal mixedwood forest landscape. Avian Conserv. Ecol. 1(3): 1 Available from http://www.ace-eco.org/vol1/iss3/ art1/ [accessed 26 May 2008].
34. Redpath, S.M. 1995. Habitat fragmentation and the individual: tawny owls Strix aluco in woodland patches. J. Anim. Ecol. 64: 652-661. doi:10.2307/5807.
35. Rohner, C., and Krebs, C.J. 1996. Owl predation on snowshoe hares: consequences of antipredator behaviour. Oecologia (Berl.), 198: 303-310.
36. Schmiegelow, F.K.A., and Mönkkönen, M. 2002. Habitat loss and fragmentation in dynamic landscapes: avian perspectives from the boreal forest. Ecol. Appl. 12: 375-389.
37. Smith, C.F. 1978. Distributional ecology of barred and great-horned owls in relation to human distribution. Master's thesis, University of Connecticut, Hartford.
38. Stephens, S.E., Koons, D.N., Rotella, J.J., and Willey, D.W. 2004. Effects of habitat fragmentation on avian nesting success: a review of the evidence at multiple spatial scales. Biol. Conserv. 115: 101-110. doi:10.1016/S0006-3207(03)00098-3.
39. Trzcinski, M.K., Fahrig, L., and Merriam, G. 1999. Independent effects of forest cover and fragmentation on the distribution of forest breeding birds. Ecol. Appl. 9: 586-593. doi:10.1890/1051-0761(1999)009[0586:IEOFCA]2.0. CO;2.
40. Young, J.E., Sánchez-Azofeifa, G.A., Hannon, S.J., and Chapman, R. 2006. Trends in land cover change and isolation of protected areas at the interface of the southern boreal mixedwood and aspen parkland in Alberta, Canada. For. Ecol. Manage. 230: 151-161. doi:10.1016/j.foreco.2006.04. 031.