Nest-site limitation of secondary cavity-nesting birds in even-age southern pine forests

Wilson Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 126-134

  Miller, Karl E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b FISH AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052019777     PISSN: 15594491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1676/07-130.1     Document Type: Article

References (46)

1. ABRAHAMSON, W. G. AND D. C. HARTNETT. 1990. Pine flatwoods and dry prairies. Pages 103-149 in Ecosystems of Florida (R. L. Meyers and J. J. Ewel, Editors). University of Central Florida Press, Orlando, USA.
2. AITKEN, K. E. H. AND K. MARTIN. 2007. The importance of excavators in hole-nesting communities: availability and use of natural tree holes in old mixed forests of western Canada. Journal of Ornithology 148 (Supplement 2):S425-434. (Pubitemid 350238496)
3. ALLEN, J. C., S. M. KRIEGER, J. R. WALTERS, AND J. A. COLLAZO. 2006. Associations of breeding birds with fire-influenced and riparian-upland gradients in a longleaf pine ecosystem. Auk 123:1110-1128. (Pubitemid 44655976)
4. BEISSINGER, S. R. AND E. H. BUCHER. 1992. Sustainable harvesting of parrots for conservation. Pages 73-115 in New World parrots in crisis: solutions in conservation biology (S. R. Beissinger and N. F. R. Snyder, Editors). Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D.C., USA.
5. BLANC, L. A. AND J. R. WALTERS. 2008. Cavity-nest webs in a longleaf pine ecosystem. Condor 110:80-92.
6. BOCK, C. E. AND J. F. LYNCH. 1970. Breeding bird populations of burned and unburned conifer forests in the Sierra Nevada. Condor 72:182-189.
7. BRAWN, J. D. AND R. P. BALDA. 1988. Population biology of cavity nesters in northern Arizona: do nest sites limit breeding densities? Condor 90:61-71.
8. BRUSH, T. 1983. Cavity use by secondary cavity-nesting birds and response to manipulations. Condor 85:461-466. (Pubitemid 16280102)
9. CODY, M. L. 1985. An introduction to habitat selection in birds. Pages 3-56 in Habitat selection in birds (M. L. Cody, Editor). Academic Press, Orlando, Florida, USA.
10. CONNER, R. N. 1975. Orientation of entrances to woodpecker nest cavities. Auk 92:371-374.
11. EAST, M. L. AND C. M. PERRINS. 1988. The effect of nestboxes on breeding populations of birds in broad-leaved temperate woodlands. Ibis 130:393-401. (Pubitemid 19326349)
12. ENEMAR, A. AND B. SJÖSTRAND. 1972. Effects of the introduction of Pied Flycatchers Ficedula hypoleuca on the composition of a passerine bird community. Ornis Scandinavica 3:79-89.
13. GOWATY, P. A. AND J. H. PLISSNER. 1998. Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis). The birds of North America. Number 381.
14. GRUBB, T. C. AND V. V. PRAVOSUDOV. 1994. Tufted Titmouse (Baeolophus bicolor). The birds of North America. Number 86.
15. HAIRSTON SR., N. G. 1989. Ecological experiments: purpose, design, and execution. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
16. HUTTO, R. L. 1995. Composition of bird communities following stand replacement fires in northern Rocky Mountain conifer forests. Conservation Biology 9:1041-1058. (Pubitemid 3000876)
17. HUTTO, R. L., S. M. PLETSCHET, AND P. HENDRICKS. 1986. A fixed-radius point count method for nonbreeding and breeding season use. Auk 103:593-602.
18. JACKSON, J. A. 1988. The southeastern pine forest ecosystem and its birds: past, present, and future. Pages 119-159 in Bird conservation 3 (J. A. Jackson, Editor). University of Wisconsin Press, Madison, USA.
19. JACKSON, J. A. 1994. Red-cockaded Woodpecker (Picoides borealis). The birds of North America. Number 85.
20. JAMES, F. C., R. F. JOHNSTON, N. O. WAMER, G. J. NIEMI, AND W. J. BOECKLEN. 1984. The Grinnellian niche of the Wood Thrush. American Naturalist 124:17-30.
21. KREISEL, K. J. AND S. J. STEIN. 1999. Bird use of burned and unburned coniferous forests during winter. Wilson Bulletin 111:243-250. (Pubitemid 29233590)
22. LANYON, W. E. 1997. Great Crested Flycatcher (Myiarchus crinitus). The birds of North America. Number 300.
23. MARTIN, T. E. AND G. R. GEUPEL. 1993. Nest-monitoring plots: methods for locating nests and monitoring success. Journal of Field Ornithology 64:507-519.
24. MARTIN, T. E., C. R. PAINE, C. J. CONWAY, W. M. HOCHACHKA, P. ALLEN, AND W. JENKINS. 1997. BBIRD field protocol. Montana Cooperative Wildlife Research Unit, University of Montana, Missoula, USA.
25. MCCOMB, W. C., S. A. BONNEY, R. M. SHEFFIELD, AND N. D. COST. 1986. Snag resources in Florida-are they sufficient for average populations of primary cavity-nesters? Wildlife Society Bulletin 14:40-48.
26. MCELLIN, S. M. 1979. Nest sites and population demographies of White-breasted and Pigmy nuthatches. Condor 81:348-352.
27. MILLER, K. E. 2000. Nest-site limitation, nest predation, and nest-site selection in a cavity-nesting bird community. Dissertation. University of Florida, Gainesville, USA.
28. MILLER, K. E. 2002. Nesting success of the Great Crested Flycatcher in nest boxes and in tree cavities: are nest boxes safer from nest predation? Wilson Bulletin 114:179-185. (Pubitemid 35420042)
29. MYERS, R. L. 1990. Scrub and high pine. Pages 150-193 in Ecosystems of Florida (R. L. Meyers and J. J. Ewel, Editors). University of Central Florida Press, Orlando, USA.
30. NEWTON, I. 1979. Population ecology of raptors. T. and A. D. Poyser, London, United Kingdom.
31. NEWTON, I. 1994. The role of nest sites in limiting the numbers of hole-nesting birds: a review. Biological Conservation 70:265-276. (Pubitemid 2158026)
32. NEWTON, I. 1998. Population limitation in birds. Academic Press, San Diego, California, USA.
33. PINKOWSKI, B. C. 1976. The use of tree cavities by nesting Eastern Bluebirds. Journal of Wildlife Management 40:556-563.
34. PROVENCHER, L., N. M. GOBRIS, L. A. BRENNAN, D. R. GORDON, AND J. L. HARDESTY. 2002. Breeding bird response to midstory hardwood reduction in Florida sandhill longleaf pine forests. Journal of Wildlife Management 66:641-661. (Pubitemid 34915224)
35. PURCELL, K. L., J. VERNER, AND L. W. ORING. 1997. A comparison of the breeding ecology of birds nesting in boxes and tree cavities. Auk 114:646-656. (Pubitemid 27442014)
36. RALPH, C. J., G. R. GEUPEL, P. PYLE, T. E. MARTIN, AND D. F. DESANTE. 1993. Handbook of field methods for monitoring landbirds. USDA, Forest Service, General Technical Report PSW-GTR-144. Pacific Southwest Research Station, Albany, California, USA.
37. RENDELL, W. B. AND R. J. ROBERTSON. 1994. Cavity-entrance orientation and nest-site use by secondary hole-nesting birds. Journal of Field Ornithology 65:27-35.
38. SAS INSTITUTE INC. 1997. SAS/STAT guide for personal computers. Version 6.12. SAS Institute Inc., Cary, North Carolina, USA.
39. SCOTT, J. M. AND F. L. RAMSEY. 1981. Length of count period as a possible source of bias in estimating bird densities. Studies in Avian Biology 6:409-413.
40. THOMAS, J. W., R. G. ANDERSON, C. MASER, AND E. L. BULL. 1979. Snags. Pages 60-67 in Wildlife habitats in managed forest-the Blue Mountains of Oregon and Washington (J. W. Thomas, Editor). USDA, Forest Service, Agriculture Handbook Number 553.
41. VAN BALEN, J. H., C. J. H. BOOY, J. A. FRANEKER, AND E. R. OSIECK. 1982. Studies on hole-nesting birds in natural nest sites. 1. Availability and occupation of natural nest sites. Ardea 70:1-24. (Pubitemid 14269934)
42. VON HAARTMAN, L. 1957. Adaptation in hole-nesting birds. Evolution 11:339-347.
43. VON HAARTMAN, L. 1971. Population dynamics. Pages 391-459 in Avian biology (D. S. Farner and J. R. King, Editors). Volume 1. Academic Press, New York, USA.
44. WATERS, J. R., B. R. NOON, AND J. VERNER. 1990. Lack of nest-site limitation in a cavity-nesting bird community. Journal of Wildlife Management 54:239-245. (Pubitemid 20428318)
45. WESOLOWSKI, T. 2007. Lessons from long-term hole-nester studies in a primeval temperate forest. Journal of Ornithology 148 (Supplement 2):S395-S405. (Pubitemid 350238494)
46. WILSON, C. W., R. E. MASTERS, AND G. A. BUKENHOFER. 1995. Breeding bird response to pine-grassland community restoration for Red-cockaded Woodpeckers. Journal of Wildlife Management 59: 56-67. (Pubitemid 26447478)