Bird communities at two marshes in Øvre Forra, today and 40 years ago

• Published in: Ornis Norvegica
• Main Author: Thingstad, Per Gustav
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Norsk Ornitologisk Forening 2015
• Subjects: Forra; Norway; Øvre; Actitis hypoleucos; Common Sandpiper; European Golden Plover; Larus canus; Numenius phaeopus; Pluvialis apricaria; Vanellus vanellus; Whimbrel; Ruff
• Online Access: https://boap.uib.no/index.php/ornis/article/view/890; https://doi.org/10.15845/on.v38i0.890

In the protected area Øvre Forra in Central Norway, birds were surveyed at two marshes in two succeeding years at the beginning of the 1970s. By following the same survey procedure 40 years later in these unchanged marsh habitats, I sought changes in the breeding bird community. While the total numb...