Bird responses to fire severity and time since fire in managed mountain rangelands
Broom matorrals are subjected to extensive burning in the Pyrenees to improve grazing value, despite being a habitat of conservation interest in Europe. Our aim here is to evaluate the impact of such management practices over the long term, and of fire severity over the short term, on avifauna. Bird-...
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ftcsic:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/46557 2024-02-11T09:54:51+01:00 Bird responses to fire severity and time since fire in managed mountain rangelands Pons, Pere Clavero, Miguel 2010-06 http://hdl.handle.net/10261/46557 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-1795.2009.00337.x en eng Zoological Society of London http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1469-1795.2009.00337.x/pdf Animal Conservation 13 (2010) 294–305 http://hdl.handle.net/10261/46557 doi:10.1111/j.1469-1795.2009.00337.x open artículo http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501 2010 ftcsic https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-1795.2009.00337.x 2024-01-16T09:36:27Z Broom matorrals are subjected to extensive burning in the Pyrenees to improve grazing value, despite being a habitat of conservation interest in Europe. Our aim here is to evaluate the impact of such management practices over the long term, and of fire severity over the short term, on avifauna. Bird-habitat stations were distributed in broom shrublands from a few months to 51 years after fire, at 1400–2100 m a.s.l. Overall, shrub cover was the main habitat variable affecting the bird community composition. The abundance trends of bird species for half a century after fire were varied, but population recovery seemed slower (especially in the Dartford warbler Sylvia undata) than it had been reported at a lower altitude. Three species of European conservation concern (Alauda arvensis, Lullula arborea and Lanius collurio) showed abundance peaks at 10–19 years after fire. This time interval showed the highest species richness, abundance and conservation value, whereas shrub cover continued to increase afterwards. The bird assemblage tended to impoverish with increasing fire severity in the first year after a fire. Our results emphasize: (1) the slow recovery of bird community of burnt mountain shrub- lands; (2) the need for long-term biodiversity assessments to help improve planning of fire intervals at different altitudes; (3) the relevance of reducing fire severity due to its impact on fauna. Peer reviewed Article in Journal/Newspaper Alauda arvensis Digital.CSIC (Spanish National Research Council) Animal Conservation 13 3 294 305 |
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Broom matorrals are subjected to extensive burning in the Pyrenees to improve grazing value, despite being a habitat of conservation interest in Europe. Our aim here is to evaluate the impact of such management practices over the long term, and of fire severity over the short term, on avifauna. Bird-habitat stations were distributed in broom shrublands from a few months to 51 years after fire, at 1400–2100 m a.s.l. Overall, shrub cover was the main habitat variable affecting the bird community composition. The abundance trends of bird species for half a century after fire were varied, but population recovery seemed slower (especially in the Dartford warbler Sylvia undata) than it had been reported at a lower altitude. Three species of European conservation concern (Alauda arvensis, Lullula arborea and Lanius collurio) showed abundance peaks at 10–19 years after fire. This time interval showed the highest species richness, abundance and conservation value, whereas shrub cover continued to increase afterwards. The bird assemblage tended to impoverish with increasing fire severity in the first year after a fire. Our results emphasize: (1) the slow recovery of bird community of burnt mountain shrub- lands; (2) the need for long-term biodiversity assessments to help improve planning of fire intervals at different altitudes; (3) the relevance of reducing fire severity due to its impact on fauna. Peer reviewed |
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Bird responses to fire severity and time since fire in managed mountain rangelands |
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Bird responses to fire severity and time since fire in managed mountain rangelands |
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Bird responses to fire severity and time since fire in managed mountain rangelands |
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Bird responses to fire severity and time since fire in managed mountain rangelands |
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Bird responses to fire severity and time since fire in managed mountain rangelands |
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bird responses to fire severity and time since fire in managed mountain rangelands |
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