Riparian Forest Width and the Avian Community in a Greenbelt Corridor Setting

The forest avian community of the Ray Roberts Greenbelt (Denton Co., Texas) was characterized for two years using point count station sampling, from fall 1998 to summer 2000. Richness data for both breeding seasons were correlated with two-spatial metrics: width of the riparian forest and distance to the nearest edge. There were significant correlations between forest interior species richness and both spatial metrics, for both breeding seasons. Based on these data, a minimum riparian forest width threshold of 400-meters is suggested to provide habitat for forest interior species, which have lost considerable habitat through forest fragmentation. Partners in Flight breeding bird priority concern scores were used to create a habitat priority index for the Trinity River bottomland hardwood forest system

Grantor dc:publisher

University of North Texas

Year dc:date

2001

Author dc:creator

• Hoffman, Karl W.

Contributors dc:contributor

• Dickson, Kenneth L.
• Stigman, Ken
• Zimmerman, Earl G.

• Greenbelts -- Texas -- Ray Roberts Lake Region.
• Birds -- Habitat -- Texas -- Ray Roberts Lake Region.
• Forest ecology -- Texas -- Ray Roberts Lake Region.
• Riparian forests -- Texas -- Ray Roberts Lake Region.
• Ray Roberts Lake (Tex.) -- Environmental conditions.
• riparian forest
• avian community
• greenbelt corridor
• Ray Roberts Greenbelt

Statement dc:rights

• Use restricted to UNT Community
• Copyright
• Hoffman, Karl W.
• Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved.

Language dc:language

English

Identifier

oclc: 50619040
untcat: b2421604
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