Project Details
Boreal Forest Riparian Bird Communities: Effects of Local- And Landscape-Level Processes
Project hobsonkbore9
Initiated Date : June 4th, 2003
Status: Complete
Keywords: avian communities :: buffer strips :: cumulative effects :: riparian :: thresholds :: variable retention harvest :: wetlands
Research Area
F - Ecological Criteria and Indicators
Our project will provide data that will be combined with previously-collected information from upland environments, to generate risk assessment models for boreal forest birds, at a regional scale.
We will:
1. Provide baseline data for riparian bird communities, at a broad geographic scope, including study areas in 3 provinces: Alberta; Manitoba; and Saskatchewan;
2. Compare riparian habitats with differential degrees of human disturbance (roads, seismic, forestry, and agriculture), to address potential cumulative effects on the integrity of the riparian bird community; and
3. Compare riparian bird communities in shoreline areas subjected to wildfire and variable retention harvesting, in order to place our findings within the context of the natural disturbance paradigm, and to assist with the development of alternative approaches and guidelines for shoreline management.
Manitoba
Saskatchewan