Forest Bird Abundance Is Linked to the Interactions Between Forest Characteristics and Species Ecological Traits: Implications for Forest Management.

ABSTRACT: Majority of European forests are managed by intensive commercial forestry. At the same time, these forests are inhabited by numerous bird species expressing considerable diversity of ecological traits. From this perspective, it is important to learn how forest characteristics, resulting from modern forestry techniques, interact with ecological traits of forest bird species in shaping their abundance. To fill this knowledge gap, we used an extensive dataset on forest bird abundance collected within a national common bird monitoring scheme covering Czechia, a Central European country, supplemented by numerous variables describing forest stands collected within a national forest inventory and ecological traits of bird species extracted from literature. Our results show clear support for the i

SUBMITTER: Szarvas F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12815597 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature