Abundance and diversity of birds in foests with different management goals
Research shows a negative relationship between biodiversity and intensity of forest management in boreal environments among others. In Swedish forest management the stands are divided into different management types. Two of them focus on wood production while the other two have a greater focus on na...
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| Formato: | First cycle, G2E |
| Lenguaje: | sueco Inglés |
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| Acceso en línea: | https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/4946/ |
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| author | Gustavsson, Tomas |
| author_browse | Gustavsson, Tomas |
| author_facet | Gustavsson, Tomas |
| author_sort | Gustavsson, Tomas |
| collection | Epsilon Archive for Student Projects |
| description | Research shows a negative relationship between biodiversity and intensity of forest management in boreal environments among others. In Swedish forest management the stands are divided into different management types. Two of them focus on wood production while the other two have a greater focus on nature conservation. This study compares the differences between the management types in terms of the diversity and abundance of forest birds. The data was collected through bird surveys, during three separate spring weeks in 2012, during the months March, April and May in Färna Ekopark, located close to Skinnskatteberg in Västmanland, south-central Sweden. In addition to looking at a general pattern concerning the above relationship, the data was also analyzed separately for four different categories of birds: indicator species, cavity-nesters, resident birds and migratory birds. In the case of overall forest bird community, an ANOVA test was performed to see if the results were statistically significant. The results from all analyses showed that management type NS (active management to enhance biodiversity values) had the highest diversity (expressed by species richness) and abundance of forest birds. Hence, to obtain a more diverse and abundant level of forest birds, more stands should be managed as NS stands. |
| format | First cycle, G2E |
| id | RepoSLU4946 |
| institution | Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences |
| language | Swedish Inglés |
| publishDate | 2012 |
| publishDateSort | 2012 |
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| spelling | RepoSLU49462012-10-12T14:04:22Z https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/4946/ Abundance and diversity of birds in foests with different management goals Gustavsson, Tomas Forestry production Animal ecology Research shows a negative relationship between biodiversity and intensity of forest management in boreal environments among others. In Swedish forest management the stands are divided into different management types. Two of them focus on wood production while the other two have a greater focus on nature conservation. This study compares the differences between the management types in terms of the diversity and abundance of forest birds. The data was collected through bird surveys, during three separate spring weeks in 2012, during the months March, April and May in Färna Ekopark, located close to Skinnskatteberg in Västmanland, south-central Sweden. In addition to looking at a general pattern concerning the above relationship, the data was also analyzed separately for four different categories of birds: indicator species, cavity-nesters, resident birds and migratory birds. In the case of overall forest bird community, an ANOVA test was performed to see if the results were statistically significant. The results from all analyses showed that management type NS (active management to enhance biodiversity values) had the highest diversity (expressed by species richness) and abundance of forest birds. Hence, to obtain a more diverse and abundant level of forest birds, more stands should be managed as NS stands. 2012-10-11 First cycle, G2E NonPeerReviewed application/pdf sv https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/4946/1/Gustafsson_T_121011.pdf Gustavsson, Tomas, 2012. Abundance and diversity of birds in foests with different management goals. First cycle, G2E. Skinnskatteberg: (S) > School for Forest Management <https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/view/divisions/OID-210.html> urn:nbn:se:slu:epsilon-s-1769 eng |
| spellingShingle | Forestry production Animal ecology Gustavsson, Tomas Abundance and diversity of birds in foests with different management goals |
| title | Abundance and diversity of birds in foests with different management goals |
| title_full | Abundance and diversity of birds in foests with different management goals |
| title_fullStr | Abundance and diversity of birds in foests with different management goals |
| title_full_unstemmed | Abundance and diversity of birds in foests with different management goals |
| title_short | Abundance and diversity of birds in foests with different management goals |
| title_sort | abundance and diversity of birds in foests with different management goals |
| topic | Forestry production Animal ecology |
| url | https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/4946/ https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/4946/ |