Avian community composition in response to high explosive testing operations at Los Alamos National Laboratory in Northern New Mexico

Keller, David C.; Fresquez, Philip R.; Hansen, Leslie A.; Kaschube, Danielle R.

doi:10.4236/jep.2015.612125

Title: Avian community composition in response to high explosive testing operations at Los Alamos National Laboratory in Northern New Mexico

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Breeding bird abundance, species richness, evenness, diversity, composition, productivity, and survivorship were determined near a high-explosive detonation site at Los Alamos National Laboratory, New Mexico, USA, during pre-operation (1997-1999) and operation (2000-2014) periods. The operation periods consisted of detonations (<23 kg in yield and <3 per breeding season) in open air (2000-2002), within foam containment (2003-2006) and within steel vessel containment (2007-2014) systems; the latter two were employed to reduce noise and dispersal of high-explosives residues. A total of 2952 bird captures, representing 80 species, was recorded during 18 years of mist net operations using the Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship protocol. Individuals captured were identified to species, aged, sexed, and banded during May through August of each year. There were no significant differences (p > 0.05) in mean avian abundance and species evenness in any of the operation periods as compared with the pre-operation period. Species richness and diversity were significantly higher (p < 0.05) during the vessel containment period (2007-2014) than the pre-operation period. The time period of this study coincided with a wildfire (2000), a bark beetle infestation (2002), and two periods of drought (Nov 1999-Mar 2004 and Dec 2005-Dec 2014) that affected the study area. Furthermore,more »« less

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Keller, David C. ^[1]; Fresquez, Philip R. ^[1]; Hansen, Leslie A. ^[1]; Kaschube, Danielle R. ^[2]

Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
The Institute for Bird Population, Point Reyes Station, CA (United States)

Publication Date:: Mon Dec 28 00:00:00 EST 2015

Research Org.:: Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1239577

Report Number(s):: LA-UR-15-28386
Journal ID: ISSN 2152-2197

Grant/Contract Number:: AC52-06NA25396

Resource Type:: Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Journal of Environmental Protection

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 06; Journal Issue: 12; Journal ID: ISSN 2152-2197

Publisher:: Scientific Research Publishing

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; Avian communities; MAPS; diversity; high explosives; noise; drought; vegetation change; climate; habitat; southwest; New Mexico

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                    Keller, David C., Fresquez, Philip R., Hansen, Leslie A., and Kaschube, Danielle R. Avian community composition in response to high explosive testing operations at Los Alamos National Laboratory in Northern New Mexico.  United States: N. p., 2015. 
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                    Keller, David C., Fresquez, Philip R., Hansen, Leslie A., & Kaschube, Danielle R. Avian community composition in response to high explosive testing operations at Los Alamos National Laboratory in Northern New Mexico.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.4236/jep.2015.612125

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                    Keller, David C., Fresquez, Philip R., Hansen, Leslie A., and Kaschube, Danielle R. Mon .  
"Avian community composition in response to high explosive testing operations at Los Alamos National Laboratory in Northern New Mexico".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.4236/jep.2015.612125.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1239577.

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@article{osti_1239577,

  title        = {Avian community composition in response to high explosive testing operations at Los Alamos National Laboratory in Northern New Mexico},

  author       = {Keller, David C. and Fresquez, Philip R. and Hansen, Leslie A. and Kaschube, Danielle R.},

  abstractNote = {Breeding bird abundance, species richness, evenness, diversity, composition, productivity, and survivorship were determined near a high-explosive detonation site at Los Alamos National Laboratory, New Mexico, USA, during pre-operation (1997-1999) and operation (2000-2014) periods. The operation periods consisted of detonations (<23 kg in yield and <3 per breeding season) in open air (2000-2002), within foam containment (2003-2006) and within steel vessel containment (2007-2014) systems; the latter two were employed to reduce noise and dispersal of high-explosives residues. A total of 2952 bird captures, representing 80 species, was recorded during 18 years of mist net operations using the Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship protocol. Individuals captured were identified to species, aged, sexed, and banded during May through August of each year. There were no significant differences (p > 0.05) in mean avian abundance and species evenness in any of the operation periods as compared with the pre-operation period. Species richness and diversity were significantly higher (p < 0.05) during the vessel containment period (2007-2014) than the pre-operation period. The time period of this study coincided with a wildfire (2000), a bark beetle infestation (2002), and two periods of drought (Nov 1999-Mar 2004 and Dec 2005-Dec 2014) that affected the study area. Furthermore, analysis of aerial photos determined that the average percent canopy cover of mature ponderosa pines (Pinus ponderosa) within 100 feet of mist net sites declined from 12% to 3% between 1991 and 2014 and the percent cover of shrubs slightly increased.},

  doi          = {10.4236/jep.2015.612125},

  journal      = {Journal of Environmental Protection},

  number       = 12,

  volume       = 06,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {Mon Dec 28 00:00:00 EST 2015},

  month        = {Mon Dec 28 00:00:00 EST 2015}

}

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