Effects of forest management on the conservation of bird communities in eastern North America: A meta‐analysis

ME Akresh, DI King, SL McInvale, JL Larkin… - …, 2023‏ - Wiley Online Library
Forest management affects conditions for both early‐and late‐seral organisms, and
managers and conservationists require information for balancing the ostensibly opposing …

Positive association between forest management, environmental change, and forest bird abundance

ED Schulze, D Craven, AM Durso, J Reif, M Guderle… - Forest …, 2019‏ - Springer
Background The global decrease in wildlife populations, especially birds, is mainly due to
land use change and increasing intensity of land use (Parmesan and Yohe 2003). However …

[HTML][HTML] Benefits of Golden-winged Warbler and Cerulean Warbler habitat restoration for non-target forest birds: An empirical examination of the focal species concept

TA Rhinehart, DJ McNeil, CJ Fiss, JL Larkin… - Biological …, 2024‏ - Elsevier
Despite the growing popularity of using single species as surrogates for biodiversity,
conservation interventions for a single taxon do not always benefit other species within the …

Shale gas development effects on the songbird community in a central Appalachian forest

LS Farwell, PB Wood, J Sheehan, GA George - Biological Conservation, 2016‏ - Elsevier
In the last decade, unconventional drilling for natural gas from the Marcellus-Utica shale has
increased exponentially in the central Appalachians. This heavily forested region contains …

Forest restoration to attract a putative umbrella species, the white‐backed woodpecker, benefited saproxylic beetles

D Bell, J Hjältén, C Nilsson, D Jørgensen… - …, 2015‏ - Wiley Online Library
Umbrella species are often spatially demanding and have limited ability to adapt to
environmental changes induced by human land‐use. This makes them vulnerable to human …

Cerulean Warbler (Setophaga cerulea) response to operational silviculture in the central Appalachian region

GE Nareff, PB Wood, DJ Brown, T Fearer… - Forest Ecology and …, 2019‏ - Elsevier
Abstract The Cerulean Warbler (Setophaga cerulea) is a species of conservation need, with
declines linked in part to forest habitat loss on its breeding grounds. Active management of …

Demographic response of Louisiana Waterthrush, a stream obligate songbird of conservation concern, to shale gas development

MW Frantz, PB Wood, J Sheehan… - The Condor …, 2018‏ - academic.oup.com
Shale gas development continues to outpace the implementation of best management
practices for wildlife affected by development. We examined demographic responses of the …

Proximity to unconventional shale gas infrastructure alters breeding bird abundance and distribution

LS Farwell, PB Wood, DJ Brown, J Sheehan - The Condor, 2019‏ - academic.oup.com
Unconventional shale gas development is a rapidly expanding driver of forest loss and
fragmentation in the central Appalachian region. We evaluated the relationship between …

Integrating LIDAR‐derived canopy structure into cerulean warbler habitat models

KW Barnes, K Islam, SA Auer - The Journal of Wildlife …, 2016‏ - Wiley Online Library
Researchers have suggested that the cerulean warbler (Setophaga cerulea), a declining
species, settles on its breeding grounds in response to a particular canopy structure within …

A meta-analysis of the effects of tree retention on shrubland birds

ME Akresh, DI King, CA Lott, JL Larkin… - Forest Ecology and …, 2021‏ - Elsevier
The effects of forest management on native fauna are of key interest to managers and
conservationists. Individual studies have expanded our knowledge of management impacts …