Response of bird assemblages to windstorm and salvage logging - Insights from analyses of functional guild and indicator species

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 65, Issue , 2016, Pages 142-148

  Thorn, Simon ^a,b   Werner, Sinja A B ^c,f   Wohlfahrt, Jürgen ^d   Bässler, Claus ^a   Seibold, Sebastian ^a,b   Quillfeldt, Petra ^e   Müller, Jörg ^a,b  

^a BAVARIAN FOREST NATIONAL PARK   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^d Forstrevier Neumarkt 1 ^*  (Germany)

^e JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Breeding season; Coniferous forests; Forest management; Harvesting; Logging; Natural disturbance

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIRDS; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; HARVESTING; LOGGING (FORESTRY); LOSSES; STORMS;

ASSEMBLAGE COMPOSITION; BAVARIAN FOREST NATIONAL PARK; BIRD SPECIES RICHNESS; BREEDING SEASON; CONIFEROUS FORESTS; INDICATOR SPECIES ANALYSIS; NATURAL DISTURBANCE; SPECIES ASSEMBLAGE;

FORESTRY;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOINDICATOR; BIRD; BREEDING POPULATION; BREEDING SEASON; CONIFEROUS TREE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GUILD; LOGGING (TIMBER); NATURE CONSERVATION; PASSERINE; SPECIES RICHNESS; STORM;

BAVARIA; BAVARIAN FOREST NATIONAL PARK; GERMANY;

ANTHUS SPINOLETTA; AVES; HEXAPODA; PHOENICURUS PHOENICURUS;

EID: 84961150995     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2015.06.033     Document Type: Article

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