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Title: Using Site-Specific Habitat Information on Young to Late Successional Avifauna to Guide Use and Management of Coastal Redwood and Douglas-Fir Forest Lands

Author: Chinnici, Sal J.; Bradley, Laura C.; Dill, Daniel R.; Bigger, David

Date: 2007

Source: In: Standiford, Richard B.; Giusti, Gregory A.; Valachovic, Yana; Zielinski, William J.; Furniss, Michael J., technical editors. 2007. Proceedings of the redwood region forest science symposium: What does the future hold? Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-GTR-194. Albany, CA: Pacific Southwest Research Station, Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture; p. 147-156

Station ID: GTR-PSW-194

Description: Conservation of avifauna in coastal redwood (Sequoia sempervirens) and Douglas-fir (Pseudosteuga menziesii) managed forestlands has historically involved two opposing goals. First, landowners want to minimize restricted acreage in order to maximize commercial utilization of forest products. Second, poor scientific understanding of species habitat needs has often led to conservation strategies that are overly conservative, and therefore restrictive. One solution to this conundrum is to better define critical species habitat needs. The Pacific Lumber Company (PALCO) has been collecting data on a variety of avian species that require different levels of protection based on their conservation status and habitat needs. In this paper, we report on the specific habitat requirements of marbled murrelets (Brachyramphus marmoratus), golden eagles (Aquila chrysaetos), and Cooper's hawks (Accipiter cooperii). For each species, we examined the habitat characteristics surrounding nesting areas and compared them to random locations. We discuss how this research can be used in modifying species-specific conservation strategies.

Keywords: avifauna, conservation, Cooper's hawk, Douglas-fir, golden eagle, habitat, marbled murrelet, redwood

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Chinnici, Sal J.; Bradley, Laura C.; Dill, Daniel R.; Bigger, David  2007.  Using Site-Specific Habitat Information on Young to Late Successional Avifauna to Guide Use and Management of Coastal Redwood and Douglas-Fir Forest Lands.   In: Standiford, Richard B.; Giusti, Gregory A.; Valachovic, Yana; Zielinski, William J.; Furniss, Michael J., technical editors. 2007. Proceedings of the redwood region forest science symposium: What does the future hold? Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-GTR-194. Albany, CA: Pacific Southwest Research Station, Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture; p. 147-156.