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T1 Contribution of poplar plantations to bird conservation in riparian landscapes
A1 Martín García, Jorge
A1 Barbaro, Luc
A1 Díez Casero, Julio Javier
A1 Jactel, Hervé
K1 Alamo negro
K1 Bosques - Protección
K1 Aves - Protección
K1 Riberas
K1 Bosques y silvicultura
K1 Álamos
K1 3106 Ciencia Forestal
AB In Mediterranean areas, riparian zones are particularly important for maintaining biodiversity.Nevertheless, the native vegetation in these zones has been modified or lost at an alarming rateduring the last decades. The main objective of this study was to investigate the influence of poplarplantations on bird diversity in riparian zones, in order to estimate the ecological implications ofa substantial expansion of poplar plantations. Breeding birds were sampled by the point-countmethod in twenty-four poplar plantations of I-214 clone, according to a factorial design combiningstand age and understory management. Furthermore, the three native riparian forests remaining inthe study area were also surveyed. Explanatory variables included (1) dendrometric, (2) understoryand (3) landscape variables within six different radii of circular buffers. The species richness andabundance index were higher in riparian forests than in poplar plantations. Landscape variables(percentage of poplar plantations in the surrounding landscape) strongly influenced bird diversityin poplar plantations. Furthermore, at the local scale, understory cover was also a key factor inshaping bird assemblages. This suggests that poplar plantations should not be used as surrogatesfor native forests. Nevertheless, poplar plantations can still accommodate rich communities offorest bird species, providing that suitable management is applied at local and landscape levels.
PB Finnish Society of Forest Science
SN 0037-5330
YR 2013
FD 2013
LK https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/49734
UL https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/49734
LA eng
NO Silva Fennica, 2013, Vol. 47,  Nº. 4, 17 pp.
NO Producción Científica
DS UVaDOC
RD 06-ago-2024