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Multi-scale assessment of bird-forest relationships

Projektbeschreibung:
Birds are commonly-used indicators of biodiversity: they are popular, well studied, and easy to survey. Old forest specialists are of particular conservation concern, and are believed to be negatively affected by forestry. Studies of local bird species richness in managed versus natural forests, however, have reported ambiguous results. Because of their mobility, bird communities are likely shaped not only by local forest structure, but also by the surrounding landscape(1). For old forest species such as three-toed woodpecker Picoides tridactylus and capercaillie Tetrao urogallus, abundance correlates with stand structure; yet, stand structure is an insufficient predictor of species occurrence(2) and hence, of bird species richness.

Ansprechpartner: Basile M
Projektlaufzeit:
Projektbeginn: 01.07.2016
Projektende: 30.06.2019
Projektleitung:
Storch I, Basile M

Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg
Professur für Wildtierökologie und Wildtiermanagement
Prof. Dr. Storch
Tennenbacher Str. 4
79106 Freiburg

Telefon: + 49 (0) 761 203 - 3663
Fax: + 49 (0) 761 203 - 3667
http://www.wildlife.uni-freiburg.de
Finanzierung:

  • Graduiertenkolleg ConFoBi, DFG

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