2008
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2008.00997.x
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The Future of Scattered Trees in Agricultural Landscapes

Abstract: Mature trees scattered throughout agricultural landscapes are critical habitat for some biota and provide a range of ecosystem services. These trees are declining in intensively managed agricultural landscapes globally. We developed a simulation model to predict the rates at which these trees are declining, identified the key variables that can be manipulated to mitigate this decline, and compared alternative management proposals. We used the initial numbers of trees in the stand, the predicted ages of these t… Show more

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“…The most immediate management issue regarding isolated remnant trees in agroecosystems is their declining abundance due to current land use practices and senescence of existing trees (Thysell & Carey 2001, Gibbons et al 2008. Although the role that isolated trees play in the demography of bird populations is yet to be assessed, continued decline in abundance of these trees has the potential to negatively impact a wide array of oak savanna-associated birds, particularly those species that could not persist in treeless agricultural fields.…”
Section: Conservation Implicationsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The most immediate management issue regarding isolated remnant trees in agroecosystems is their declining abundance due to current land use practices and senescence of existing trees (Thysell & Carey 2001, Gibbons et al 2008. Although the role that isolated trees play in the demography of bird populations is yet to be assessed, continued decline in abundance of these trees has the potential to negatively impact a wide array of oak savanna-associated birds, particularly those species that could not persist in treeless agricultural fields.…”
Section: Conservation Implicationsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Structurally complex forests with mature trees are scarce. Most of the few existing large, old trees in the region pre-date widespread European settlement in the 19th century (Gibbons et al, 2008). Many of these trees are on private land, in small remnants or scattered across farmland and are likely to die in the next 50-100 years even without climate change; there are few replacements (Gibbons & Boak, 2002).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Farmland and pastures with high densities of mature trees were the only habitat the Slender-billed Parakeet positively selected at multiple spatial scales, adding to the growing literature highlighting the value of scattered trees for native fauna in highly modified landscapes (e.g., Fischer and Lindenmayer 2002, Manning et al 2006a, Gibbons et al 2008, Koch et al 2009). Not only are remnant mature trees of N. obliqua currently the Slender-billed Parakeet's primary nesting sites within the study area (Carneiro 2010), such trees may also facilitate birds' movement through open agricultural landscapes by providing sites for feeding, resting and roosting as well as refuge from predators (Fischer and Lindenmayer 2002, Gibbons and Boak 2002, Fischer et al 2005, Manning and Lindenmayer 2009.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%