Proceedings of the workshop on nongame bird habitat management in the coniferous forests of the western United States

Authors(s): R. M. De Graaf

Publication: Workshop on nongame bird habitat management in the coniferous forests of the western United States

Publisher: Pacific Northwest Forest and Range Experiment Station, US Department of Agriculture, Forest Service

Publication Date: 0000-00-00

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Location: Portland Oregon

Abstract: Montane birds are often neglected natural and recreational resources. Managers know that birds eat insects and seeds, and have other functions in ecosystems, and that many people enjoy birding. But generally nongame birds have not been seriously considered in land management decisions. Scientists, on the other hand, have long studied birds as an occupation or avocation, but they have seldom related their studies to land management activities. The recent increase in environmental awareness and the dramatic changes in patterns of wildlife-related recreation produced the symposium, "Management of Forest and Range Habitats for Non-game Birds," held in Tucson , Arizona, May 6-9, 1975. That symposium initiated a dialogue betwen resource managers and avian ecologists. This is the first of a planned series of regional workshops designed to follow-up the Tucson symposium in order to present the principles and techniques of nongame bird management in detail to managers at all levels. Maser, C. and Thomas, J.W. "Ecosystems, habitats, wildlife, and management" DeGraaf, R.M. "The importance of birds in ecosystems" Meslow, E.C. "The relationship of birds to habitat structure - plant communities and successional stages" Wiens, J.A. "Nongame bird communities in northwestern coniferous forests" Rotenberry, J.T. and Wiens, J.A. "Nongame bird communities in northwestern rangelands" Black, H., Jr. and Thomas, J.W. "Forest and range wildlife habitat management: ecological principles and management systems" Edgerton, P.J, and Thomas, J.W. "Silvicultural options and habitat values in coniferous forests" Kindschy, R.R. "Rangeland management practices and bird habitat values" Miller, R. "Guidelines for wildlife management in western coniferous forests" Bull, E.L. "Specialized habitat requirements of birds: snag management, old growth, and riparian habitat" Canutt, P.R. and Poppino, J.H. "Accounting for bird habitat needs in land use planning" Thomas, J.W., Maser, C. and Rodiek, J.E. "Edges--their interspersion, resulting diversity and its measurement"

Keywords: management, animal, bird, Aves, ornithology, food, habitat, insect, entomology, human activity, ecology