Pacific Southwest

Title: Effects of Selective Logging on Birds in the Sierra de Coalcoman, Sierra Madre del Sur, Michoacan, Western Mexico

Author: Villaseñor, Jose Fernando; Sosa, Neyra; Villaseñor, Laura

Date: 2005

Source: In: Ralph, C. John; Rich, Terrell D., editors 2005. Bird Conservation Implementation and Integration in the Americas: Proceedings of the Third International Partners in Flight Conference. 2002 March 20-24; Asilomar, California, Volume 1 Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-GTR-191. Albany, CA: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station: p. 381-390

Station ID: GTR-PSW-191

Description: In order to determine the effects of selective logging on pine-oak forestÂ’s bird communities in central-western Mexico, we gathered information through 10-min point counts in plots without wood extraction and sites logged at different times in the past (1, 4, and 8 years). We did not find evidences to argue for effects of logging on bird communities; the study plots showed very similar diversity values, and similarity index values among them were high. Feeding guild groups showed different patterns after logging, and particular resident species were the most affected. Migrants as a group did not show a negative effect; none showed significant differences among treatments, and some species were detected more frequently in logged sites.

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Villaseñor, Jose Fernando; Sosa, Neyra; Villaseñor, Laura  2005.  Effects of Selective Logging on Birds in the Sierra de Coalcoman, Sierra Madre del Sur, Michoacan, Western Mexico.   In: Ralph, C. John; Rich, Terrell D., editors 2005. Bird Conservation Implementation and Integration in the Americas: Proceedings of the Third International Partners in Flight Conference. 2002 March 20-24; Asilomar, California, Volume 1 Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-GTR-191. Albany, CA: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station: p. 381-390.