Fragmentation of habitats used by neotropical migratory birds in Southern Appalachians and the neotropics
- Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (United States)
Recent declines in North American breeding populations have sparked great concern over the effects of habitat fragmentation. Neotropical migrant birds use and are influenced by two biomes during a single life span. Yet assessment of the relative importance of changes in tropical wintering areas versus temperate breeding areas is complicated by regional variation in rates and extent of habitat change. Landscape-level measurements of forest fragmentation derived from remotely-sensed data provide a means to compare the patterns of habitat modification on the wintering and breeding grounds of migrant birds. This study quantifies patterns of forest fragmentation in the Southern Appalachian Mountains and tropical Amazon and relates these patterns to the resource needs of neotropical migrant birds. Study sites were selected from remotely-sensed images to represent a range of forest fragmentation (highly fragmented landscape to continuous forest).
- Research Organization:
- Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (United States); Oak Ridge Associated Universities, Inc., TN (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC05-84OR21400; AC05-76OR00033
- OSTI ID:
- 10128683
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-9311175--1; ON: DE94007416
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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