Breeding Bird Community Continues to Colonize Riparian Buffers Ten Years after Harvest.

ABSTRACT: Riparian ecosystems integrate aquatic and terrestrial communities and often contain unique assemblages of flora and fauna. Retention of forested buffers along riparian habitats is a commonly employed practice to reduce potential negative effects of land use on aquatic systems. However, very few studies have examined long-term population and community responses to buffers, leading to considerable uncertainty about effectiveness of this practice for achieving conservation and management outcomes. We examined short- (1-2 years) and long-term (~10 years) avian community responses (occupancy and abundance) to riparian buffer prescriptions to clearcut logging silvicultural practices in the Pacific Northwest USA. We used a Before-After-Control-Impact experimental approach and temporally replicate

SUBMITTER: Pearson SF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4670142 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature