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Effects of Postfire Logging on Bird Populations and Communities in Burned Forests  

Choi, Chang-Yong (Migratory Birds Center, National Park Research Institute)
Lee, Eun-Jae (Research Institute for Agriculture and Life Sciences, Seoul National University)
Nam, Hyun-Young (School of Biological Sciences, Seoul National University)
Lee, Woo-Shin (Department of Forest Sciences, Seoul National University)
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Journal of Korean Society of Forest Science / v.96, no.1, 2007 , pp. 115-123 More about this Journal
Abstract
We investigated the effects of postfire logging on bird populations and communities through 57 point counts in unburned, burned and logged burned plots of coniferous forests in Samcheok, Korea. We found that lower species richness, abundance, and diversity in logged plots where were controlled by a typical postfire management. As results of guild analysis for nest sites and food resources, postfire logging reduced densities of ground-shrub nesters, primary and secondary cavity nesters, but was also related to reduction in densities of some foraging groups such as timber drillers and foliage searchers. These results suggest that snag-retention is essential for birds in burned forests and that postfire logging is incompatible with the maintenance of bird populations and communities. Consequently we need to develope guidelines of postfire management for snag-retention in burned forests through intensive researches focused on some target species such as Great spotted woodpeckers Dendrocopos major.
Keywords
bird; burned forests; Great spotted woodpeckers Dendrocopos major; postfire logging; postfire management; snag-retention;
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