Thirty Years of Post-fire Succession in a Southern Boreal Forest Bird Community

• Published in: The American midland naturalist Vol. 159; no. 2; pp. 421 - 433
• Main Authors: Haney, Alan, Apfelbaum, Steven, Burris, John M
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: The University of Notre Dame, P.O. Box 369, Notre Dame, IN 46556-0369 American Midland Naturalist 01.04.2008; University of Notre Dame; University of Notre Dame, Department of Biological Sciences
• Subjects: Animal populations; Biological diversity; Bird nesting; Bird populations; Birds; Boreal forests; Castanea; Catharus ustulatus; community ecology; Coniferous forests; Dendroica fusca; Dendroica magnolia; Empidonax minimus; Energy consumption; Field study; fires; Forest & brush fires; forest canopy; Forest ecology; Forest fires; forest succession; habitat preferences; Habitats; Influence; Magnolia; Picea mariana; Plant communities; Plant-animal interactions; Population biology; s; Sparrows; species diversity; United States; Vegetation; vegetation cover; vegetation structure; Vermivora ruficapilla; Vireo olivaceus; Vireos; Warblers; wild birds; wildlife habitats; Superior National Forest; Minnesota; United States

Birds and vegetation were surveyed in a 9 ha plot in spring 1976 in a 73 y-old jack pine (Pinus banksiana) – black spruce (Picea mariana) forest in northeastern Minnesota. A 1368 ha wildfire burned across the area that autumn. The plot was resurveyed in 1977 and periodically through 2006. Before the...