Avian communities are decreasing with piñon pine mortality in the southwest
Abstract
An increase in tree mortality is expected to occur worldwide due to climate-induced drought and increasing temperatures. The 2000–2002 drought in the southwestern United States was one of the most severe in the last 50 years. It led to a severe outbreak of bark beetles that resulted in high mortality of piñon pine (Pinus edulis) trees on the Pajarito Plateau in Northern New Mexico beginning in 2002. Many areas in piñon-juniper habitat had entire stands of piñon die leaving only juniper (Juniperus spp.). Point count surveys were used to determine avian responses to tree mortality from 2003 to 2013. We also tested whether birds responded differently in sites that were mechanically thinned in 2002 and 2003 on Los Alamos National Laboratory property compared to sites not thinned. Junipers and dead piñon pines due to bark beetles and drought were removed on thinned sites. Richness, diversity, and abundance steadily declined after 2003. There was a 73% decrease in abundance and a 45% decrease in richness from 2003 to 2013. There was no difference in community composition between thinned and unthinned sites. Bird abundance and species richness declined faster in thinned sites than unthinned sites, but diversity decreased similarly in both treatments.more »
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1467211
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1701797
- Report Number(s):
- LA-UR-17-30692
Journal ID: ISSN 0006-3207
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC52-06NA25396
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Biological Conservation
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 226; Journal Issue: C; Journal ID: ISSN 0006-3207
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 60 APPLIED LIFE SCIENCES; Biological Science; Avian communities, pinion pine, drought, pine beetle
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Fair, Jeanne Marie, Hathcock, Charles Dean, and Bartlow, Andrew William. Avian communities are decreasing with piñon pine mortality in the southwest. United States: N. p., 2018.
Web. doi:10.1016/j.biocon.2018.06.035.
Fair, Jeanne Marie, Hathcock, Charles Dean, & Bartlow, Andrew William. Avian communities are decreasing with piñon pine mortality in the southwest. United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2018.06.035
Fair, Jeanne Marie, Hathcock, Charles Dean, and Bartlow, Andrew William. Tue .
"Avian communities are decreasing with piñon pine mortality in the southwest". United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2018.06.035. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1467211.
@article{osti_1467211,
title = {Avian communities are decreasing with piñon pine mortality in the southwest},
author = {Fair, Jeanne Marie and Hathcock, Charles Dean and Bartlow, Andrew William},
abstractNote = {An increase in tree mortality is expected to occur worldwide due to climate-induced drought and increasing temperatures. The 2000–2002 drought in the southwestern United States was one of the most severe in the last 50 years. It led to a severe outbreak of bark beetles that resulted in high mortality of piñon pine (Pinus edulis) trees on the Pajarito Plateau in Northern New Mexico beginning in 2002. Many areas in piñon-juniper habitat had entire stands of piñon die leaving only juniper (Juniperus spp.). Point count surveys were used to determine avian responses to tree mortality from 2003 to 2013. We also tested whether birds responded differently in sites that were mechanically thinned in 2002 and 2003 on Los Alamos National Laboratory property compared to sites not thinned. Junipers and dead piñon pines due to bark beetles and drought were removed on thinned sites. Richness, diversity, and abundance steadily declined after 2003. There was a 73% decrease in abundance and a 45% decrease in richness from 2003 to 2013. There was no difference in community composition between thinned and unthinned sites. Bird abundance and species richness declined faster in thinned sites than unthinned sites, but diversity decreased similarly in both treatments. Several species disappeared over time and some declined substantially. Finally, our results suggest a delay in bird responses to tree mortality on the Pajarito Plateau. Piñon mortality may be a significant threat to bird communities in the southwestern U.S., and tree thinning to control fire may be an added risk.},
doi = {10.1016/j.biocon.2018.06.035},
journal = {Biological Conservation},
number = C,
volume = 226,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Aug 07 00:00:00 EDT 2018},
month = {Tue Aug 07 00:00:00 EDT 2018}
}
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