A framework for addressing bird conservation priorities in high-elevation vegetation communities of the Appalachian Mountains

Brian W. Smith; Dean Demarest; Ed. Laurent

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A framework for addressing bird conservation priorities in high-elevation vegetation communities of the Appalachian Mountains

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Authors:

Brian W. Smith, Dean Demarest, Ed. Laurent

Year:

2010

Type:

Other

Station:

Northern Research Station

Source:

In: Rentch, James S.; Schuler, Thomas M., eds. 2010. Proceedings from the conference on the ecology and management of high-elevation forests in the central and southern Appalachian Mountains. 2009 May 14-15; Slatyfork, WV. Gen. Tech. Rep. NRS-P-64. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station: 224.

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Abstract

The Appalachian Mountains Joint Venture (AMJV) is a self-directed, nonregulatory bird conservation partnership with the mission of restoring and sustaining native bird populations and their habitats throughout Appalachia. In 2008, the AMJV formed an ad hoc "high-elevation" technical working group to identify and address conservation priorities of bird species reliant on spruce-fir, northern hardwood, and other vegetation communities typically associated with the highest elevations of the Appalachian Mountains. We outline specific goals and guiding principles that frame the working group's activities and discuss initial efforts to spatially and thematically define "high-elevation" bird conservation issues within the Appalachian Mountains.

Parent Publication

Proceedings from the conference on the ecology and management of high-elevation forests in the central and southern Appalachian Mountains

Citation

Smith, Kevin T. 2010. Biogeochemistry and landscape fertility. The Landsculptor, February: 43-45.