Response of Breeding Bird Populations to Habitat Changes in a Giant Sequoia Forest
Kilgore BM. 1971. Response of Breeding Bird Populations to Habitat Changes in a Giant Sequoia Forest. The American Midland Naturalist. 85(1):135-152
Changes in breeding avifauna populations resulting from vegetation manipulation were studied in the sequoia grove of Whitaker's Forest. Vegetation types included sequoia-mixed conifer, oak woodland, and riparian. Manipulation involved the elimination of 22 tons of dead and living material (white fir and cedar thickets) by cutting and prescribed burning. The resulting openness and change in character of the area led to changes in the species composition of the bird populations but not in the total number of birds.
- Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Kilgore, Bruce
- Units
- GLAC , SEKI , SODN
- Keywords
- Administration, Animal Studies, Behavior), Birds (Aves), CA, California, Dispersal, Ecology (Fire), Impacts, Ornithology (Migration, Ornithology (zoogeography), Planning, Prescribed Burns, Resource Management, Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks, Sequoia Groves, Sequoia National Forest, Whitaker's Forest