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| Title: |
Bufflehead Landbird Disturbance Study: Effects of Road
Construction on Forest Bird Communities |
| Abstract: |
This two-year project was aimed at identifying changes in
bird populations in mature mixed forests on the Kenai Peninsula in relation
to the construction of gravel roads. Spot-mapping was used as the primary
tool to measure the density of territories of all bird species breeding
at the various sites. Baseline information on species composition and breeding
density was gathered on 10-hectare control plots isolated from road disturbance
effects. These plots were compared to road-disturbance plots bisected by
gravel roads. A total of 16 plots was surveyed during the two-year period. |
| Keywords: |
Spot-mapping, breeding density, forest disturbance, Kenai
Peninsula, road construction, habitat |
| Status: |
Final report and thesis will be completed by summer 1998. |
| Duration: |
1996-1998 |
| Location: |
Kenai Peninsula north of the Sterling Highway |
| Region: |
Southcoastal Alaska |
| Cooperators: |
U.S Fish and Wildlife Service, Kenai National Wildlife Refuge;
Alaska Natural Heritage Program at the University of Alaska Anchorage; Arco
Alaska, Inc., and Cook Inlet Region Inc.; Salamatof Native Association |
| Contacts: |
- Todd Eskelin
- 2619 LaTouche St., Anchorage, AK 99508 USA
- 907-258-1299
- astde@uaa.alaska.edu
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