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Abstract:

Selective logging is one of the main economical activities in tropical and subtropical forests. While most of the effects of this activity on bird communities have been studied by comparing exploited vs. non-exploited areas; the use of human-created treefall gaps by birds is relatively unknown. We studied habitat structure, resource abundance (fruits, flowers and arthropods) and bird activity in logging gaps of different age (1-year-old and 10- to 20-year-old) in a mountain forest (Yungas) of northwest Argentina in both dry and wet seasons. In less than a year after creation, short herbs colonize logging gaps increasing the abundance of arthropods in the ground and the activity of understory insectivores. During dry seasons recently created gaps become an important source of resources for understory frugivores-insectivores. Later on in succession logging gaps are invaded by exotic graminoid vegetation and tall herbs (dispersed through extraction tracks) which can impede the colonization and development of pioneer trees and natural regeneration. Probably as a consequence of a high abundance of fruits and flowers in the understory and a very low abundance of these resources in the canopy, old gaps were mainly used by understory frugivores-insectivores while arboreal frugivores were rare. Because arboreal frugivores disperse most tree seeds in tropical and subtropical forests, the low activity of this guild in logging gaps contribute to the low observed regeneration. Sustainable timber harvest in tropical and subtropical forests should include gap and logging track management to minimize the invasion by exotic graminoid vegetation and facilitate natural succession. © 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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Documento: Artículo
Título:Bird use of logging gaps in a subtropical mountain forest: The influence of habitat structure and resource abundance in the Yungas of Argentina
Autor:Zurita, G.A.; Zuleta, G.A.
Filiación:CONICET, Departamento de Ecología, Genética y Evolución, FCEN, Ciudad Universitaria, Pab. 2, Piso 4, C1428EHA Buenos Aires, Argentina
Departamento de Ecología y Ciencias Ambientales, CEBBAD, Universidad Maimónides, Argentina
Palabras clave:Argentina; Birds; Logging gaps; Mountain forest; Selective logging; Yungas; Curing; Drought; Ecology; Fruits; Harvesting; Landforms; Logging (forestry); Ocean habitats; Tropics; Vegetation; Argentina; Logging gaps; Mountain forest; Selective logging; Yungas; Forestry; abundance; anthropogenic effect; community response; economic activity; gap dynamics; habitat structure; montane forest; regeneration; resource use; selective logging; space use; subtropical region; succession; understory; wet season; Birds; Curing; Drought; Economic Analysis; Forestry; Fruits; Logging; Management; Plants; Trees; Tropics; Argentina; Bolivia; La Paz [Bolivia]; South America; Yungas; Arthropoda; Aves
Año:2009
Volumen:257
Número:1
Página de inicio:271
Página de fin:279
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2008.08.032
Título revista:Forest Ecology and Management
Título revista abreviado:For. Ecol. Manage.
ISSN:03781127
CODEN:FECMD
Registro:https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_03781127_v257_n1_p271_Zurita

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Zurita, G.A. & Zuleta, G.A. (2009) . Bird use of logging gaps in a subtropical mountain forest: The influence of habitat structure and resource abundance in the Yungas of Argentina. Forest Ecology and Management, 257(1), 271-279.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2008.08.032
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Zurita, G.A., Zuleta, G.A. "Bird use of logging gaps in a subtropical mountain forest: The influence of habitat structure and resource abundance in the Yungas of Argentina" . Forest Ecology and Management 257, no. 1 (2009) : 271-279.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2008.08.032
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Zurita, G.A., Zuleta, G.A. "Bird use of logging gaps in a subtropical mountain forest: The influence of habitat structure and resource abundance in the Yungas of Argentina" . Forest Ecology and Management, vol. 257, no. 1, 2009, pp. 271-279.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2008.08.032
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Zurita, G.A., Zuleta, G.A. Bird use of logging gaps in a subtropical mountain forest: The influence of habitat structure and resource abundance in the Yungas of Argentina. For. Ecol. Manage. 2009;257(1):271-279.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2008.08.032