Fragments are not islands: patch vs landscape perspectives on songbird presence and abundance in a harvested boreal forest.

Conclusions: In response to logging, songbirds demonstrated “habitat compensation” by moving into different adjacent habitats across a fragmented landscape. Thresholds/Learnings: Synopsis: This study investigates the degree to which species respond differently to logging across different scales in Alberta’s boreal mixed-wood forests. Researchers tracked changes in the composition and abundance of songbirds at the patch-level and landscape level, finding significant variation between the two spatial scales. The results suggest that predictions of organism response based on the island biogeographic model are limited, and that—while responses varied across species—songbirds demonstrated “habitat compensation” by moving...

Categories: Publication; Types: Citation, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Alberta, Land use configuration, Landscape fragmentation, Natural cover amount, birds, All tags... boreal forest, boreal forest, forest fragmentation, island biogeography, local/site, logging, logging, songbird abundance, spatial scale, timber harvest, Fewer tags