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Bird Diversity in Native vs. Plantation Woodlands by Shekel Denino is a document available to read on EtoBox.
The document compares bird assemblages in native oak and ash woodlands to Sitka spruce plantations in Ireland. It finds that oak woodlands have significantly higher bird species richness than mid-rotation or mature Sitka spruce plantations, and ash woodlands have higher richness than mature plantations. Understory vegetation is positively associated with species richness. The study recommends increasing understory vegetation in plantations to improve their contribution to bird conservation.
- Author
- Shekel Denino
- Language
- EN