Effects of stream size on bird community structure in coastal temperate forests of the Pacific Northwest, U.S.A.
Lock PA and Naiman RJ. 1998. Effects of stream size on bird community structure in coastal temperate forests of the Pacific Northwest, U.S.A.. Journal of Biogeography. 25(4):773-782
From the Abstract: "Vegetation and spring breeding bird populations associated with riparian forests on high and low order rivers of the Olympic peninsula, Washington (USA), were censussed in 1990 and 1991. The objectives were to (1) provide a baseline description of bird communities associated with unmanaged riparian forests, (2) determine whether there is a difference between bird communities along large and small rives, and (3) identify what biophysical aspects of the fluvial corridor are most important in determining bird community structure. The approach was to link riparian bird community structure to river order and discuss relationships to vegetation, geomorphology and associated hydrologic disturbance regimes. ... We conclude that bird communities on large rivers differ from those on small rivers and that these differences occur predictably with stream order."
- Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Lock, Patricia; Naiman, Robert
- Units
- OLYM
- Keywords
- bird community, Hoh River Watershed, Rainforest, Riparian