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Avian research on U.S. Forest Service Experimental Forests and Ranges: Emergent themes, opportunities, and challenges

January 1, 2011

Since 1908, U.S. Forest Service Experimental Forests and Ranges have been dedicated to long-term interdisciplinary research on a variety of ecological and management questions. They encompass a wide diversity of life zones and ecoregions, and provide access to research infrastructure, opportunities for controlled manipulations, and integration with other types of long-term data. These features have facilitated important advances in a number of areas of avian research, including furthering our understanding of population dynamics, the effects of forest management on birds, avian responses to disturbances such as fire and hurricanes, and other aspects of avian ecology and conservation. However, despite these contributions, this invaluable resource has been underutilized by ornithologists. Most of the Experimental Forests and Ranges have had no ornithological work done on them. We encourage the ornithological community, especially graduate students and new faculty, to take advantage of this largely untapped potential for long-term work, linkage with long-term data sets, multiple disciplines, and active forest management.

Publication Year 2011
Title Avian research on U.S. Forest Service Experimental Forests and Ranges: Emergent themes, opportunities, and challenges
DOI 10.1016/j.foreco.2010.07.038
Authors Scott H. Stoleson, D.I. King, M. Tomosy
Publication Type Article
Publication Subtype Journal Article
Series Title Forest Ecology and Management
Index ID 70036526
Record Source USGS Publications Warehouse