The effects of tree age and tree species composition on bird species richness in a Central European montane forest

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Alternative codes found

RIV/61989592:15310/15:33157472

Result on the web

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/biolog-2015-0171" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/biolog-2015-0171</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/biolog-2015-0171" target="_blank" >10.1515/biolog-2015-0171</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

The effects of tree age and tree species composition on bird species richness in a Central European montane forest

Original language description

Large areas of montane forests are commercially harvested, while some other parts remain unmanaged. These conditions provide an opportunity to study the response of bird communities to forest management. Here we focused on the effects of tree species composition and tree age on bird species richness. We counted birds in two types of montane forest (beech and mixed) replicated in three age classes (managed 55-65 years, managed 85-95 years, unmanaged over 200 years) in the Vtacnik Mountains, Slovakia. Number of bird species at individual study sites (local richness) was predicted solely by the tree age and not by the forest type. Specifically, the number of species was highest in the oldest stands, while the stands of 55-65 and 85-95 years did not differfrom each other. By contrast, forest type seems important for total bird species richness (number of species recorded in all study sites of a given type) with more species recorded in mixed forests than in beech forests. The local richne

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

EG - Zoology

OECD FORD branch

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Project

<a href="/en/project/GA14-21715S" target="_blank" >GA14-21715S: Mechanisms of invasive alien plants' impact on bird communities: lessons from selected tree species introduced into the Czech Republic</a><br>

Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2015

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Biologia

ISSN

0006-3088

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

70

Issue of the periodical within the volume

11

Country of publishing house

SK - SLOVAKIA

Number of pages

9

Pages from-to

1528-1536

UT code for WoS article

000368886700015

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-84951752386