Title
Do aggregated harvests with structural retention conserve the cavity web of old upland forest in the boreal plains
Author(s)
Hilary Cooke
Published
2011
Publisher
Forest Ecology and Management
Abstract
This study describes the cavity web for two intact landscapes of old upland forest and for two aggregated harvest landscapes over the short-term (i.e. within four years post-harvest), and identifies four key excavators of intact forest (yellow-bellied sapsucker, hairy woodpecker, northern flicker, and pileated woodpecker. Each woodpecker filled a unique role in the cavity web and all are important for conservation of two mammal and three bird species that used their cavities. Compared to the intact cavity web, the harvest web had lower abundance of sapsuckers, greater abundance of flickers, and high reuse of flicker cavities by kestrels.
Keywords
Forest structure; nest cavity; upland forest; boreal plains
Full Citation
Cooke HA, Hannon SJ. 2011. Do aggregated harvests with structural retention conserve the cavity web of old upland forest in the boreal plains? Forest Ecology and Management 261: 662-674

Access Full Text


Back

DMX1782500000