Bird Species’ Reponses to Post Mine Reclamation in Alabama – A Preliminary Analysis

Borthwick, Richard R.; Wang, Yong

doi:10.21000/jasmr15020001

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“…Studies have reported grassland birds using these areas 20 years after mine reclamation (DeVault et al 2002, Ingold and Dooley 2013, Borthwick and Wang 2015, Wood and Ammer 2015, and this was evident in our study, where grassland species were present 19 years after mine reclamation. Despite reclaimed mines providing long-term habitat for grassland birds, quality can decline over time leading to reduced nesting productivity (Wood and Ammer 2015).…”

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Trade-offs relating to grassland and forest mine reclamation approaches in the central Appalachian region and implications for the songbird community

Margenau¹,

Wood²,

Weakland³

et al. 2019

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Surface mining in the Appalachian region (USA) converts large areas of mature forest to early successional habitat. This shift in landscape structure has the potential to reduce habitat availability and suitability for forest-dwelling songbirds by reducing and fragmenting mature forest, but also to increase habitat availability for grassland-and shrubland-associated songbirds. We examined the influence of mountaintop mining/valley fill (MTMVF) reclamation habitats (grassland, shrubland, and remnant forest) on songbird community composition and abundance at three former MTMVF mines in southwestern West Virginia, relative to intact forest. We quantified the songbird community in 1999 and 2000 using point counts arranged throughout the mine complexes to assess landscape composition of the songbird community. Community analysis showed songbirds had strong associations with their respective guild based on species habitat preferences. Although remnant and intact forest treatments had similar species compositions, the forest interior guild had greater richness in intact rather than remnant forest. Total species richness was greatest in the reclaimed shrubland treatment. Focal species analysis followed similar trends as community assessments, because most species abundances within treatment types were strongly associated with species habitat preferences. Our results indicate that reclamation habitat decisions, i.e., grasslands versus forests, can have large effects on avian community composition. Determining appropriate mine restoration actions depends on the suite of species desired for long-term occupancy and their conservation priority. Compromis relatifs aux approches de remise en état de mines en prairie ou forêt dans la région centrale des Appalaches et répercussions sur la communauté de passereaux RÉSUMÉ. L'exploitation de mines à ciel ouvert dans la région des Appalaches (É.-U.) a entrainé la conversion de vastes secteurs de forêts matures en milieux de début de succession. Ce changement dans la structure du paysage peut engendrer une réduction de la disponibilité et de la qualité des milieux pour les passereaux forestiers en réduisant et fragmentant les forêts matures, mais peut aussi entrainer une augmentation de la disponibilité de milieux pour les passereaux de prairies et d'arbustaies. Nous avons examiné l'effet de la remise en état (en prairie, arbustaie ou forêt résiduelle) d'anciens sites miniers situés au sommet de montagnes ou dans des vallées remblayées (SMVR) sur la composition et l'abondance des communautés d'oiseaux à trois anciennes mines SMVR dans le sud-ouest de la Virginie-Occidentale, comparativement à des forêts intactes. Nous avons déterminé la composition des communautés d'oiseaux à l'échelle du paysage au moyen de dénombrements par points d'écoute répartis dans l'ensemble des complexes miniers en 1999 et 2000. L'analyse des communautés a révélé que les passereaux étaient fortement associés selon leur guilde respective fondée sur leurs préférences d'habitat. Même si les forêts résiduelles et...

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confidence: 77%

Trade-offs relating to grassland and forest mine reclamation approaches in the central Appalachian region and implications for the songbird community

Margenau¹,

Wood²,

Weakland³

et al. 2019

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“…The seeds result natural regeneration on mine reclamation land. In accordance with the bird diversity, vegetation diversity on mine reclamation area is the key because monoculture leads to low diversity bird species (Borthwick & Wang 2015).…”

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The evaluation of flora and fauna in coal mine reclamation land (case study: PT Dharma Puspita Mining, East Kalimantan, Indonesia)

Yunanto¹,

Amanah²,

Gultom³

et al. 2021

Proceedings of the International Conference on Mine Closure

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It is inevitable that mining exploitation, in addition to having a positive impact on national income can also have a negative impact on the environment, such as reduced diversity of both flora and fauna. To restore environmental functions, mining companies are required to carry out mine reclamation. Environmental management that needs to be carried out after reclamation activities are monitoring and evaluating the success of reclamation, especially flora and fauna diversity, such as vegetation, avifauna and mammals. The purposes of this study were: 1) to identify and measure the biodiversity of terrestrial flora, 2) to identify and measure the biodiversity of avifauna and mammal species, 3) to determine the conservation status of flora and fauna in the reclamation area, and 4) to compare the biodiversity of flora and fauna in the reclamation area and secondary natural forest. The studies were carried out in 3 reclamation areas (year of plantation: 2006, 2007 and 2008), and secondary forests nearby as comparison. Line plot sampling was used in the vegetation studies. Both direct observation and catching up with mist net were taken in the avifauna and mammal evaluation. In addition, footprint identification was used in mammal investigation. The results showed that the Shannon-Wiener index (H') of reclamation 2007 and 2008 (H' = 3.04) for sapling stage was higher than secondary forests (H' = 2.56). Generally, vegetation in the reclamation area was dominated by the family of Euphorbiaceae (9 species), Rubiaceae (6 species), and Leguminosae (5 species). Among of them, 8 species were included in the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) red list and 1 species was included in Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) Appendices II. Species of birds found in the reclamation area were about 59 species which were dominated by open area bird species and shrubs. The number of mammals found was 15 species, with six of them being protected species, 1 threatened species and 3 vulnerable species according to IUCN. Enrichment planting of long-life or local native species is necessary to be conducted in order to increase the diversity of flora and fauna. An increase in the variation of local plants species will correlate with the arrival of herbivorous fauna species and phytophagous insects. The arrival of the first-level consumer fauna will spur the presence of the next-level consumer fauna that are both carnivorous and omnivorous. The greater types of fauna that come can bring plant seeds from other sources and grow naturally in the reclamation area. This case study showed mine reclamation can result naturally growth of vegetation and became proper habitat for fauna to return.

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“…On the one hand, the processes of vegetation cover succession depend on the diversity of birds in the environment (Borthwick & Wang, 2015). On the other hand, phytocenoses and their successions determine nesting ornithocenoses: abundance and species composition (Slankard et al, 2018;Koshelev et al, 2020a).…”

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The main factors and prospects for the restoration of biodiversity in technogenic territories (on the example of the Poltava Mining and Processing Plant)

Чаплыгина

Filatova²,

Litvin

et al. 2023

Biosys. divers.

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Mining activities radically change natural ecosystems, the recovery of which is not possible without the restoration of native or transformed communities of autotrophic and heterotrophic organisms. In order to analyze the success of biodiversity restoration using unified methods, an inventory of higher plant flora and avifauna species in the technogenic territories of the Poltava Mining and Processing Plant was carried out. The dominant species identified in mining dumps, tailings, bypass and drainage canals, urban wastewater treatment and bioengineering facilities and on the PMP territory have been studied in detail. The studies were carried out in the spring-summer period of 2021–2022. The avifauna includes 140 species belonging to 18 orders and 45 families (Passeriformes predominate – 62.0%). 103 species nest on the PMP territory, 32 nomadic and 5 transient species are also registered. The nesting avifauna is dominated by representatives of both native nemoral (16.0%, n = 103) and forest-steppe (13.0%) and tropical (14.0%) avifauna. A significant number of birds belong to limnophiles, which prevail in the territories of the urban wastewater treatment plant (66.7%, n = 30) and tailings (62.5%, n = 24). They are also common in the bypass and drainage canals, where hydro- and hygrophilous phytocenoses have formed, similar to floodplain and real meadows as part of adjacent wetland ecosystems. Among the surrounding natural biogeocenoses, there are no steppe ones with their inherent unique floristic composition, which explains the small number of stepants in the studied flora and campophiles in the avifauna. In recovery successions, general patterns were revealed: biogeocenoses surrounding the technogenic territories of the PMP are the main source of producer diasporas and a variety of consumers, which are so necessary for the restoration of degraded landscapes. Phanerophytes from the genera Populus, Pinus, Fraxinus, Ulmus, Morus, Juglans, etc. are determinants in the sylvacenoses formed on the dumps and territories of the plant. Therefore, dendrophiles characteristic of neighbouring pine and floodplain forests, as well as garden phytocenoses in the private sector territory, dominate in the ornithocomplexes. Nationally rare avifauna includes 5 species, two of which nest. Among the identified bird species, the following nesting species are listed in the Red Book of Ukraine: Columba oenas, Himantopus himantopus, as well as transient and nomadic species: Hieraaetus pennatus, Haliaeetus allbicilla, Milvus migrans. The success of the natural formation of plant communities, the rich ornithological complex with the participation of rare species, and the location of the PMP territory within the migration routes indicate the expediency of further research into the possibilities of their inclusion in the nature reserve fund with the status of “territory of renaturalization”.

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Bird Species’ Reponses to Post Mine Reclamation in Alabama – A Preliminary Analysis

Cited by 6 publications

References 28 publications

Trade-offs relating to grassland and forest mine reclamation approaches in the central Appalachian region and implications for the songbird community

Trade-offs relating to grassland and forest mine reclamation approaches in the central Appalachian region and implications for the songbird community

The evaluation of flora and fauna in coal mine reclamation land (case study: PT Dharma Puspita Mining, East Kalimantan, Indonesia)

The main factors and prospects for the restoration of biodiversity in technogenic territories (on the example of the Poltava Mining and Processing Plant)

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