Bird responses to fire severity and time since fire in managed mountain rangelands

• Published in: Animal conservation Vol. 13; no. 3; pp. 294 - 305
• Main Authors: Pons, P, Clavero, M
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Oxford, UK : Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.06.2010; Blackwell Publishing Ltd
• Subjects: Alauda arvensis; bird community; conservation value; Cytisus oromediterraneus; Lanius collurio; Lullula arborea; multivariate analysis; prescribed burning; Pyrenees; shrubland; Sylvia undata; Europe

Broom matorrals are subjected to extensive burning in the Pyrenees to improve grazing value, despite being a habitat of conservation interest in Europe. Our aim here is to evaluate the impact of such management practices over the long term, and of fire severity over the short term, on avifauna. Bird...