Conifer plantations consistently act as barriers to movement in a deciduous forest songbird: A translocation experiment

Biological Conservation

Volumn 155, Issue , 2012, Pages 33-37

  Villard, Marc André ^a   Haché, Samuel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONCTON   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Connectivity; Dispersal; Forest management; Fragmentation; Homing; Site familiarity

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; COLONIZATION; CONIFEROUS TREE; CONNECTIVITY; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DISPERSAL; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HOMING BEHAVIOR; MOVEMENT; PLANTATION; SONGBIRD; TERRITORY; TRANSLOCATION;

ANIMALIA; AVES; CONIFEROPHYTA; PASSERI; PICEA; SEIURUS; SEIURUS AUROCAPILLUS;

EID: 84863825867     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2012.06.007     Document Type: Article

References (46)

1. Andrén H. Density and nest predation in relation to forest fragmentation: a landscape perspective. Ecology 1992, 73:794-804.
2. Awade M., Boscolo D., Metzger J.P. Using binary and probabilistic habitat availability indices derived from graph theory to model bird occurrence in fragmented forests. Landscape Ecol. 2012, 27:185-198.
3. Bayne E.M., Hobson K.A. Movement patterns of adult male Ovenbirds during the post-fledging period in fragmented and forested boreal landscapes. Condor 2001, 103:343-351.
4. Bayne E.M., Hobson K.A. Effects of habitat fragmentation on pairing success of Ovenbirds: importance of male age and floater behaviour. Auk 2001, 118:380-388.
5. Bélisle M., Desrochers A., Fortin M.-J. Influence of forest cover on the movements of forest birds: a homing experiment. Ecology 2001, 82:1893-1904.
6. Betts M.G., Forbes G.J., Diamond A.W. Thresholds in songbird occurrence in relation to landscape structure. Conserv. Biol. 2007, 21:1046-1058.
7. Brady M.J., McAlpine C.A., Possingham H.P., Miller C.J., Baxter G.S. Matrix is important for mammals in landscapes with small amounts of native forest habitat. Landscape Ecol. 2011, 26:617-628.
8. Castellón T., Sieving K.D. An experimental test of matrix permeability and corridor use by an endemic understory bird. Conserv. Biol. 2006, 20:135-145.
9. Clobert J., Le Galliard J.-F., Coté J., Meylan S., Massot M. Informed dispersal, heterogeneity in animal dispersal syndromes and the dynamics of spatially structured populations. Ecol. Lett. 2009, 12:197-209.
10. Desrochers A., Bélisle M., Morand-Ferron J., Bourque J. Integrating GIS and homing experiments to study avian movement costs. Landscape Ecol. 2011, 26:47-58.
11. Didham R.K., Kapos V., Ewers R.M. Rethinking the conceptual foundations of habitat fragmentation research. Oikos 2012, 121:161-170.
12. Drapeau P., Leduc A., Giroux J.-F., Savard J.P.L., Bergeron Y., Vickery W.L. Landscape-scale disturbances and changes in bird communities of boreal mixed-wood forests. Ecol. Monogr. 2000, 70:423-444.
13. Epps C.W., Wehausen J.D., Bleich V.C., Torres S.G., Brashares J.S. Optimizing dispersal and corridor models using landscape genetics. J. Appl. Ecol. 2007, 44:714-724.
14. Etheridge D.A., MacLean D.A., Wagner R.G., Wilson J.S. Effects of intensive forest management on stand and landscape characteristics in northern New Brunswick, Canada (1945-2027). Landscape Ecol. 2006, 21:509-524.
15. Fahrig L. Effects of habitat fragmentation on biodiversity. Annu. Rev. Ecol. Evol. Syst. 2003, 34:487-515.
16. Falk K., Nol E., Burke D. Weak effect of edges on avian nesting success in fragmented and forested landscapes in Ontario, Canada. Landscape Ecol. 2011, 26:239-251.
17. Fraser G.S., Stutchbury B.J.M. Area-sensitive forest birds move extensively among forest patches. Biol. Conserv. 2004, 118:377-387.
18. Gibson L., Lee T.M., Koh L.P., Brook B.W., Gardner T.A., Barlow J., Peres C.A., Bradshaw C.J.A., Laurence W.F., Lovejoy T.E., Sodhi N.S. Primary forests are irreplaceable for sustaining tropical biodiversity. Nature 2011, 478:378-383.
19. Gillies C.S., St.Clair C.C. Riparian corridors enhance movement of a forest specialist bird in fragmented tropical forest. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. USA 2008, 105:19774-19779.
20. Gillies C.S., St.Clair C.C. Functional responses in habitat selection by tropical birds moving through fragmented forest. J. Appl. Ecol. 2010, 47:182-190.
21. Gobeil J.-F., Villard M.-A. Permeability of three boreal forest landscape types to bird movements as determined from experimental translocations. Oikos 2002, 98:447-458.
22. Harrison S.J., Bruna E. Habitat fragmentation and large-scale conservation: what do we know for sure?. Ecography 1999, 22:225-232.
23. Ibarra-Macias A., Robinson W.D., Gaines M.S. Experimental evaluation of bird movements in a fragmented Neotropical landscape. Biol. Conserv. 2011, 144:703-712.
24. Kennedy C.M., Marra P.P. Matrix mediates avian movements in tropical forested landscapes: inferences from experimental translocations. Biol. Conserv. 2010, 143:2136-2145.
25. Lloyd H., Marsden S.J. Between-patch bird movements within a High-Andean Polylepis woodland/matrix landscape: implications for habitat restoration. Restor. Ecol. 2011, 19:74-82.
26. MacIntosh T., Stutchbury B.J.M., Evans M.L. Gap-crossing by Wood Thrushes (Hylocichla mustelina) in a fragmented landscape. Can. J. Zool. 2011, 89:1091-1097.
27. Meijer T., Möhring F.J., Trillmich F. Annual and daily variation in body mass and fat of starlings Sturnus vulgaris. J. Avian Biol. 1994, 25:98-104.
28. Norris D.R., Stutchbury B.J.M. Extraterritorial movements of a forest songbird in a fragmented landscape. Conserv. Biol. 2001, 15:729-736.
29. Palmer S.C.F., Coulon A., Travis J.M.J. Introducing a " stochastic movement simulator" for estimating habitat connectivity. Methods Ecol. Evol. 2010, 2:258-268.
30. Pärt T. The importance of local familiarity and search costs for age- and sex-biased philopatry in the collared flycatcher. Anim. Behav. 1995, 49:1029-1038.
31. Pe'er G., Henle K., Dislich C., Frank K. Breaking functional connectivity into components: a novel approach using an individual-based model, and first outcomes. PLoS One 2011, 6:e22355.
32. Pérot A., Villard M.-A. Putting density back into the habitat-quality equation: case study of an open-nesting forest bird. Conserv. Biol. 2009, 23:1550-1557.
33. Piper W. Making habitat selection more " familiar" . Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 2011, 65:1329-1351.
34. Porneluzi P.A., Donovan T.M., Van Horn M. Ovenbird (Seiurus aurocapilla). The Birds of North America 2011, The Cornell Lab of Ornithology. A. Poole (Ed.).
35. Poulin J.-F., Villard M.-A. Edge effect and matrix influence on the nest survival of an old forest specialist, the Brown Creeper (Certhia americana). Landscape Ecol. 2011, 26:911-922.
36. Rodenhouse N.L., Christenson L.M., Parry D., Green L.E. Climate change effects on native fauna of northeastern forests. Can. J. Zool. 2009, 39:249-263.
37. Rodewald A.D., Yahner R.H. Influence of landscape composition on avian community structure and associated mechanisms. Ecology 2001, 82:3493-3504.
38. Rodewald A.D., Kearns L.J., Shustack D.P. Anthropogenic resource subsidies decouple predator-prey relationships. Ecol. Appl. 2011, 21:936-943.
39. Roland J. Large scale forest fragmentation increases the duration of tent caterpillar outbreak. Oecologia 1993, 93:25-30.
40. Sheperd D.B., Kuhns A.R., Dreslik M.J., Phillips C.A. Roads as barriers to animal movement in fragmented landscapes. Anim. Conserv. 2008, 11:288-296.
41. Smith A.C., Koper N., Francis C.M., Fahrig L. Confronting collinearity: comparing methods for disentangling the effects of habitat loss and fragmentation. Landscape Ecol. 2009, 24:1271-1285.
42. Thériault, S., Villard, M.-A., Haché, S., in press. Habitat selection in site faithful Ovenbirds and recruits in the absence of experimental attraction. Behav. Ecol.
43. Tremblay M.A., St.Clair C.C. Permeability of a heterogeneous urban landscape to the movements of forest songbirds. J. Appl. Ecol. 2011, 48:679-688.
44. Vitz A.C., Rodewald A.D. Can regenerating clearcuts benefit mature-forest songbirds? An examination of post-breeding ecology. Biol. Conserv. 2006, 127:477-486.
45. Whittington J., Hebblewhite M., DeCesare N.J., Neufeld L., Bradley M., Wilmshurst J., Musiani M. Caribou encounters with wolves increase near roads and trails: a time-to-event approach. J. Appl. Ecol. 2011, 48:1535-1542.
46. Zitske B.P., Betts M.G., Diamond A.W. Negative effects of habitat loss on survival of migrant warblers in a forest mosaic. Conserv. Biol. 2011, 25:993-1001.