Effects of Forest Patch Size on Nesting Success of Wood Thrushes

Hoover, Jeffrey P.; Brittingham, Margaret C.; Goodrich, Laurie J.

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“…The effect of nest-site characteristics to predation may vary depending on the predator species. If a guild of predators is composed of species searching in different ways, selection of a specific type of nest-site may not be advantageous (Filliater et al 1994;Hoover & Brittingham 1998). High nest predation and failure to detect a significant relationship between nesting success and nest characters in this study may be due to a varied predator community.…”

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Nest-site selection of the Red-billed Leiothrix and Japanese Bush Warbler in Japan

Amano

Eguchi

2002

Ornithol. Sci.

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The Red-billed Leiothrix Leiothrix lutea has been introduced from China and is rapidly increasing in deciduous broad-leaved forests of Japan. We studied nestsite characteristics and nest-site selection of this species and the Japanese Bush Warbler Cettia diphone, a sympatric native species, in southwestern Japan. Both species placed nests exclusively in bamboo thickets and on bamboo stalks. The Red-billed Leiothrix built pendulous nests in the canopy of high concealment. The Japanese Bush Warbler placed nests on the crossing of bamboo stems and selected places of high stem density. The Japanese Bush Warblers placed nests in denser vegetation than the Red-billed Leiothrix. The segregation of nesting microhabitat was also evident in both species to coexist in bamboo thickets. Existence of few inhabitants in bamboo thickets may contribute to the invasion success of the Red-billed Leiothrix.

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“…Another potential predator may be the Jungle Crow Corvus macrorhynchos. Avian predators such as corvids depend on visual cues, and activities of parent birds may be important cues for such predators (Holway 1991;Hoover & Brittingham 1998). We often observed jays flushing from canopies of bamboos.…”

Section: ) Utilisation Of Bamboo Thicketsmentioning

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Nest-site selection of the Red-billed Leiothrix and Japanese Bush Warbler in Japan

Amano

Eguchi

2002

Ornithol. Sci.

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“…Many wildlife species prefer contiguous forest patches that are at least 100 acres (Hoover et al 1995, Riemann et al 2008. This patch area is often used as a minimum size still containing enough interior forest to be a source rather than a sink for populations of some wildlife species.…”

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Delaware's Forests 2008

Lister¹,

Gladders²,

Barnett³

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The fifth full inventory of Delaware's forests reports an 8 percent decrease in the area of forest land to 352,000 acres, which cover 28 percent of the State's land area and has a volume of approximately 2,352 cubic feet per acre. Twenty-one percent of the growing-stock volume is red maple, followed by sweetgum (13 percent), and loblolly pine (12 percent). All species of oaks combined account for 24 percent of the volume. Red maple is the most abundant species in terms of number of trees and the population had been rising through the 1980s and 1990s, but current data show little change since 1999. Oak species and loblolly pine decreased in numbers of trees and volumes. Seventy-three percent of forest land consists of large-diameter trees and 10 percent is in the small-diameter stand-size classes. Average annual growth as a percentage of total growing-stock volume increased from 2.3 to 3.9 percent between 1999 and 2008, while removals and mortality changed little. Additional information on forest attributes, land-use change, carbon, timber products, and forest health is presented in this report. A DVD included in the report provides information on sampling techniques, estimation procedures, a glossary, tables of population estimates, raw data, and a data summarization and reporting tool. AcknowledgmentsThe authors would like to thank the many individuals who contributed both to the inventory and analysis of Delaware's Forests 2008 About the Authors ForewordOf all the natural resources in Delaware, forests play a key role in improving the quality of life of all Delawareans. Healthy, vigorous trees absorb large quantities of carbon dioxide and release oxygen into the atmosphere and in the process filter out pollutants, thus greatly improving our air quality. Forests protect watersheds thereby improving the quality of the water that we drink and the water that is so important to the health and functionality of natural ecosystems. Forests produce wood and other products that we use every day at work and in our homes. Many species of wildlife depend on forested habitats for survival. And forests provide every citizen with unique recreational opportunities along with aesthetic enjoyment and a general sense of well-being.With all these wonderful, natural benefits, it should be no surprise that the mission statement of the Delaware Forest Service is "to conserve, protect, and enhance Delaware's forests through education, management, and professional assistance." Protecting and conserving Delaware's remaining forest lands is of utmost importance. The 2010 Delaware Statewide Forest Strategy (Delaware Forest Service 2010) outlines a number of steps that our foresters, support staff, and cooperating partners will take over the next several years to 1) improve forest health and functionality; 2) help develop new forest markets; 3) encourage all forest landowners to practice sustainable forest management; and 4) expand public awareness and appreciation of the forests in Delaware. Our goals are measurable and attainabl...

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“…Wood thrushes have been detected in forest fragments as small as 0.2 ha (Robbins et al 1989) and have successfully nested in 3-ha fragments (Friesen et al 1999), but nest success is typically higher in larger fragments and contiguous forests. In rural Pennsylvania, nesting success in forest fragments less than 80 ha in size was usually below a sustainable level (Hoover et al 1995). Robbins et al (1989) suggested that the minimum area required for breeding was 1.0 ha, with a maximum probability of occurrence at 500 ha.…”

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Development of landscape-level habitat suitability models for ten wildlife species in the central hardwoods region

Rittenhouse¹,

Dijak²,

Thompson³

et al. 2007

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Decades of studies on wildlife-habitat relationships have provided important insights into the habitat requisites for many game and nongame species. Many species of conservation or management importance are area or edge sensitive, or need interspersion of habitat requisites to maintain viable populations; however, most habitat suitability models do not incorporate spatial relationships or landscape attributes. Our objective was to develop landscape-level habitat suitability models for 10 species in the Central Hardwoods Region of the Midwestern United States: American woodcock (Scolopax minor), cerulean warbler (Dendroica cerulea), Henslow's sparrow (Ammodramus henslowii), Indiana bat (Myotis sodalis), northern bobwhite (Colinus virginianus), ruffed grouse (Bonasa umbellus), timber rattlesnake (Crotalus horridus), wood thrush (Hylocichla mustelina), worm-eating warbler (Helmitheros vermivorus), and yellow-breasted chat (Icteria virens). All models included spatially explicit variables and relationships based on the best available empirical data and expert opinion. We provide an overview of habitat characteristics for each species, discuss the habitat variables used in each model, and provide supporting reference materials for all assumed relationships between quantity of a resource and quality for each species modeled. The models are included in a stand-alone software package, Landscape HSImodels version 2

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Effects of Forest Patch Size on Nesting Success of Wood Thrushes

Cited by 197 publications

References 27 publications

Nest-site selection of the Red-billed Leiothrix and Japanese Bush Warbler in Japan

Nest-site selection of the Red-billed Leiothrix and Japanese Bush Warbler in Japan

Delaware's Forests 2008

Development of landscape-level habitat suitability models for ten wildlife species in the central hardwoods region

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