Impacts of Potential Oak Forest Change on Breeding Birds in Northwestern Arkansas

Douglas A. James

Treesearch

Impacts of Potential Oak Forest Change on Breeding Birds in Northwestern Arkansas

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Douglas A. James

Year:

2004

Type:

General Technical Report

Station:

Southern Research Station

Source:

Gen. Tech. Rep. SRS-73. Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Research Station. pp. 253-256

Download (PDF 35 KB)

Download (PDF 35 KB): https://research.fs.usda.gov/download/treesearch/6556.pdf

Abstract

Birds found on existing census routes in the Ozark region of northwestern Arkansas were used to predict avifaunal changes that could occur in the area due to oak-hickory forest degradation caused by red oak borer beetle infestations. The two census routes used passed through high elevation forests where red oaks thrive the best. Analysis showed that 21 bird species would decrease, 38 would increase, and 6 would remain unchanged in abundance in the event of forest thinning.

Parent Publication

Upland oak ecology symposium: history, current conditions, and sustainability

Citation

James, Douglas A. 2004. Impacts of Potential Oak Forest Change on Breeding Birds in Northwestern Arkansas. Gen. Tech. Rep. SRS-73. Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Research Station. pp. 253-256