Effects of Prescribed Fire on Snags and Cavity-Nesting Birds in Southeastern Arizona Pine Forests
Horton SP and Mannan RW. 1988. Effects of Prescribed Fire on Snags and Cavity-Nesting Birds in Southeastern Arizona Pine Forests. Wildlife Society Bulletin. 16(1):37-44
The objectives of our study were 1) to compare the number and characteristics of dead trees (standing and fallen) before and after broadcast, understory fires in a ponderosa pine forest; 2) to describe snags used by birds for nesting and compare the availability of similar snags before and after prescribed fires; and 3) to compare breeding populations of cavity-nesting birds before and after prescribed fires to identify species that were affected in the first year after treatment. Study was conducted in Coronado N. F.
- Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Horton, Scott; Mannan, R
- Units
- CHIR , GRCA , REDW , SAGU , SODN
- Keywords
- Animal Studies, Arizona (Southeastern), Behavior), Birds, Cavity-Nesting Birds, Dispersal, Ecology, FIRE, Fire Ecology, Ornithology (Migration, Prescribed Burning, Snags (forestry), Wildlife