Effects of stand, landscape, and spatial variables on bird communities in larch plantations and deciduous forests in central Japan
Effects of stand, landscape, and spatial variables on bird communities in larch plantations and deciduous forests in central Japan
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林分、景观和空间变量对日本中部落叶松人工林和落叶林鸟类群落的影响
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2008
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Toshimori Takahashi
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Y. Yamaura;Kazuhiro Katoh;Toshimori Takahashi
We examined the effects of stand, landscape, and spatial variables on bird communities in deciduous forests and Japanese larch (Larix leptolepis (Sieb & Zucc.) Gord.) plantations in a montane region of Nagano Prefecture, central Japan. We used plot-transect methods at 97 sites: 33 in winter 2003 and 18 sites were added in the 2004 breeding season in deciduous forests, and 32 in winter 2004 and 14 sites were added in the 2005 breeding season in larch plantations. Bird–environment relationships were explored using partial redundancy analysis and partial regression analysis. We used spatial variables derived from principal coordinates of neighbor matrices as explanatory variables to detect nonrandom spatial structure of bird communities. Variation in bird communities was mainly explained by stand and spatial variables for both forest types, whereas the effects of landscape variables were small. In plantations, important stand variables for both seasons included stand height, elevation, and the basal area of ...