The effect of transmission-line corridor edge and successional stage on the animal community. Final report

Technical Report · Fri Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1982

OSTI ID:5063334

Gates, D J.E.

Using breeding success as a criterion of habitat quality, this report evaluates the suitability of 2 transmission-line corridor habitat types, grassland and shrubland, for open-nesting passerines in western Maryland. The main objectives were to investigate the patterns of fledging success and spatial distribution of nests in each habitat type in relation to the corridor, corridor-forest edge, and the adjacent forest, and to quantify important features of the microhabitat of corridor and forest nests that may influence nest success. The second part of this report examines the effect of a transmission-line corridor on forest animal communities by monitoring their activity patterns in the corridor. Animal activity patterns are compared between a transmission-line corridor that was maintained in shrubby vegetation by selective spraying of herbicides and one that was managed for herbaceous vegetation by mowing with rotary mowers.

• Research Organization: Maryland Univ., Frostburg (USA). Appalachian Environmental Lab.
• OSTI ID: 5063334
• Report Number(s): PB-82-179375
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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