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Changes in Nothofagus pumilio forest biodiversity during the forest management cycle. 2. Birds

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Human activities, such as logging, modify the forest structure and the microenvironments of the original Nothofagus forests. The aims of this work were to evaluate changes in the diversity and relative abundance of birds and to analyze their trophic relationships with insect and plant communities along the Nothofagus pumilio forest management cycle. Data was collected using a point sampling method along transects located in different forest structures during the summer season, by direct (sight) and indirect (hearing) recognition following sunrise. Bird diversity and abundance significantly varied along the forest management cycle. Seven new species appeared after harvest, but the total number did not vary by the end of the forest management cycle, and there was no significant loss of species. Bird abundance was directly related to the insect abundance and plant biomass. Relationship between groups (lower plants, monocotyledons and dicotyledonous) is also discussed. Major studies in bird ecology are necessary to develop new silvicultural alternatives based on the more sensitive species to harvest. Forest management strategies and mitigation alternatives must be incorporated into forest planning in order to maintain the original structure of bird communities and the equilibrium with other forest species.

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  1. Centro Austral de Investigaciones Científicas (CONICET), Argentina

    Guillermo Deferrari & Carolina Camilión

  2. Centro Austral de Investigaciones Científicas (CONICET) CADIC, cc 92 (9410), Ushuaia – Tierra del Fuego, Argentina

    Guillermo Martínez Pastur

  3. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria, Universidad Nacional de la Patagonia Austral, Argentina

    Pablo Luis Peri

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Deferrari, G., Camilión, C., Martínez Pastur, G. et al. Changes in Nothofagus pumilio forest biodiversity during the forest management cycle. 2. Birds. Biodiversity and Conservation 10, 2093–2108 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1013154824917

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