Decaying trees improve nesting opportunities for cavity-nesting birds in temperate and boreal forests: A meta-analysis and implications for retention forestry.

ABSTRACT: Many studies have dealt with the habitat requirements of cavity-nesting birds, but there is no meta-analysis on the subject and individual study results remain vague or contradictory. We conducted a meta-analysis to increase the available evidence for nest-site selection of cavity-nesting birds. Literature was searched in Web of Science and Google Scholar and included studies that provide data on the habitat requirements of cavity-nesting birds in temperate and boreal forests of varying naturalness. To compare nest and non-nest-tree characteristics, the following data were collected from the literature: diameter at breast height (DBH) and its standard deviation (SD), sample size of trees with and without active nest, amount of nest and available trees described as dead or with a bro

SUBMITTER: Gutzat F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6144968 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature