A Review of Factors Limiting the Kirtland's Warbler on its Breeding Grounds

Probst, John R.

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“…Restricted to northern Lower Michigan, its summer habitat comprises an area about 120 x 160 kin. All known nests have been located within 13 counties for the past several decades (Probst 1985;1986). Warbler habitat is characterized by relatively dense, patchy jack pine (Pinus banksiana Lamb.…”

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Pattern of Kirtland's warbler occurrence in relation to the landscape structure of its summer habitat in northern Lower Michigan

1992

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Studies of the endangered Kirtland's warbler in relation to landscape ecosystems were conducted from 1986-1988 on a large wildfire-burn surrounding Mack Lake in southeastern Oscoda County, Michigan. A landscape ecosystem approach was used to distinguish low-and high-elevation segments of the landscape, as well as 11 local ecosystem types. The ecosystems were distinguished by physiography, microclimate, soil, and vegetation. The early occurrence of the warblers was strongly related to landscape structure, i.e., to the broad low-and high-elevation areas and the local ecosystem types within them. Territories of male warblers were observed in 5 of the 11 ecosystems. The five ecosystem types where warblers were observed were characterized by (1) a physiography of level or rolling terrain; (2) soil series of Grayling, Graycalm, Montcalm, or Rubicon; (3) uplands with relatively warm temperature during the breeding season; (4) vegetation dominated by low sweet blueberry, bearberry, wintergreen, northern pin oak, blue stem grasses, and hair cap moss; and (5) canopy of relatively tall, dense, and patchy jack pine and oak. Landscape structure appears to be an important factor affecting the occurrence of the warbler in its summer habitat in northern Lower Michigan.

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“…Much of the previous research on the warbler has been focused on its life history, biological characteristics, and territorial behavior (Mayfield 1960;Ryel 1978;Trautman 1979;Buech 1980;Walkinshaw 1983;Probst 1986). Little attention has been paid to its habitat at a landscape scale.…”

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Pattern of Kirtland's warbler occurrence in relation to the landscape structure of its summer habitat in northern Lower Michigan

1992

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“…A ground-nesting, neotropical migrant, Kirtland's warbler breeds almost exclusively in young (5-to 23-year-old) jack pine growing in a dense and patchy stands (Probst 1986, Probst et al 2003. Managed to provide breeding habitat for Kirtland's warbler in concert with adjacent state-owned forests, approximately 8% of the global breeding population of Kirtland's warbler was found at KWWMA in 2007 based on the multi-agency census efforts ongoing in Michigan since the early 1970s (Probst et al 2003).…”

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Ecological forestry at National Wildlife Refuges: Experiences from Seney National Wildlife Refuge and Kirtland’s Warbler Wildlife Management Area, USA

Corace¹,

Goebel²,

Hix³

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The Forestry Chronicle

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Although land management over much of the history of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's National Wildlife Refuge System (NWRS) has emphasized single-species management, recent policy has encouraged land managers to focus on broader ecosystem restoration goals. One framework for forest ecosystem management that is becoming more popular in the NWRS and other federal and state resource agencies has been termed "ecological forestry"-an approach to forest ecosystem management where the focus is on incorporating an understanding of the outcomes of natural disturbances and stand development processes into designing silvicultural practices. This approach stresses understanding the effects of natural disturbances on biological legacies, structural and compositional heterogeneity, and the recovery periods between disturbance events (including how this recovery period influences stand complexity). Recently, resource managers and ecologists from Seney National Wildlife Refuge, The Ohio State University, and Central Michigan University have partnered to examine how these guiding principles can be integrated into NWRS forest ecosystem management. Specifically, we are partnering to develop management strategies to help: 1) restore the once extensive mixed-pine forest ecosystems of eastern Upper Michigan; 2) mitigate the effects of the beech-bark disease complex on American beech (Fagus grandifolia Ehrh.), a foundation species in northern hardwood forests of eastern North America; and 3) promote more natural forest patterns for wildlife species of young jack pine (Pinus banksiana Lamb.) forest ecosystems, including the federally endangered Kirtland's warbler (Dendroica kirtlandii). These efforts are ongoing and will continue to be monitored over time. However, initial collaborations suggest that the NWRS provides an excellent crucible to study the application of ecological forestry principles and develop novel ways to manage forest ecosystems.

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“…11-2), but did not dramatically increase the population. Severnl factors probably contributed to this result, including the difficulty of many birds finding mates (Probst 1986), but the biggeSt factor was almost certainly the limited quantity of habitat, as evidenced by the effect of newly burned jack pine stands (Mayfield 1992).…”

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“…Evidence for Limitation in Summer An alternative view of population limitation in these migrant species is that events on the breeding grounds may be at least as important, if not more so, than those in winter (e.g., Probst 1986, Martin 1987, Hutto 1928. Fragmentation of forest habitats in eastern North America, for instance, has been strongly implicated as one cause of reduced breeding success and consequently lowered breeding densities of some songbird species (e.g.…”

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Status and management of neotropical migratory birds

Finch¹,

Stangel²

1993

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This proceedings is the product of a National Training Workshop held at the Estes Park Center, Estes Park, Colorado, 21-25 September, 1992. Invited papers discuss all aspects of management, monitoring, and conservation of neotropical migratory birds on the breeding grounds. The proceedings is divided into seven sections that range from philosophical discussions to methods and solutions for managing migratory birds in concert with other wildlife.

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A Review of Factors Limiting the Kirtland's Warbler on its Breeding Grounds

Cited by 61 publications

References 9 publications

Pattern of Kirtland's warbler occurrence in relation to the landscape structure of its summer habitat in northern Lower Michigan

Pattern of Kirtland's warbler occurrence in relation to the landscape structure of its summer habitat in northern Lower Michigan

Ecological forestry at National Wildlife Refuges: Experiences from Seney National Wildlife Refuge and Kirtland’s Warbler Wildlife Management Area, USA

Status and management of neotropical migratory birds

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