DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2017.07.049
Scopus记录号: 2-s2.0-85027851958
论文题名: Long-term dynamics and characteristics of snags created for wildlife habitat
作者: Barry A.M. ; Hagar J.C. ; Rivers J.W.
刊名: Forest Ecology and Management
ISSN: 0378-1127
出版年: 2017
卷: 403 起始页码: 145
结束页码: 151
语种: 英语
英文关键词: Cavity-nesting birds
; Created snags
; Oregon Coast Range
; Pseudotsuga menziesii
; Silviculture
; Snag persistence
Scopus关键词: Animals
; Biodiversity
; Birds
; Ecosystems
; Harvesting
; Surveys
; Cavity-nesting birds
; Created snags
; Oregon coast ranges
; Pseudotsuga menziesii
; Silviculture
; Snag persistence
; Forestry
; Aves
; Pseudotsuga
; Pseudotsuga menziesii
英文摘要: Snags provide essential habitat for numerous organisms and are therefore critical to the long-term maintenance of forest biodiversity. Resource managers often use snag creation to mitigate the purposeful removal of snags at the time of harvest, but information regarding how created snags change over long timescales (>20 y) is absent from the literature. In this study, we evaluated the extent to which characteristics of large (>30 cm diameter at breast height [DBH]) Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) snags created by topping had changed after 25–27 y. We also tested whether different harvest treatments and snag configurations influenced present-day snag characteristics. Of 690 snags created in 1989–1991, 91% remained standing during contemporary surveys and 65% remained unbroken along the bole. Although most snags were standing, we detected increased bark loss and breaking along the bole relative to prior surveys conducted on the same pool of snags. Although snag characteristics were not strongly influenced by snag configuration, we found that snags in one harvest treatment (group selection) experienced less bark loss and had lower evidence of use by cavity-nesting birds (as measured by total cavity cover) relative to snags created with clearcut and two-story harvest treatments. Our results indicate that Douglas-fir snags created by topping can remain standing for long time-periods (≥25 y) in managed forests, and that the influence of harvest treatment on decay patterns and subsequent use by wildlife is an important consideration when intentionally creating snags for wildlife habitat. © 2017 Elsevier B.V. Citation statistics:
资源类型: 期刊论文
标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/64130
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作者单位: Department of Forest Ecosystems and Society, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, United States; US Geological Survey, Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center, Corvallis, OR, United States
Recommended Citation:
Barry A.M.,Hagar J.C.,Rivers J.W.. Long-term dynamics and characteristics of snags created for wildlife habitat[J]. Forest Ecology and Management,2017-01-01,403