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DOI | 10.1016/j.foreco.2020.117904 |
Investigation of bed and den site selection by American black bears (Ursus americanus) in a landscape impacted by forest restoration treatments and wildfires | |
Bard S.M.; Cain J.W.; III | |
发表日期 | 2020 |
ISSN | 0378-1127 |
卷号 | 460 |
英文摘要 | The combined effects of long-term fire suppression, logging, and overgrazing have negatively impacted many southwestern U.S. forests, resulting in decreased habitat quality for wildlife, and more frequent and severe wildfires. In response, land management agencies are implementing large-scale forest restoration treatments, but data on how wildlife respond to restoration treatments and wildfires are often limited. We investigated bed and den site selection of American black bears (Ursus americanus) using GPS location data and a use/available study design to assess the influence of habitat characteristics, including wildfires, prescribed burns, and thinning treatments on bed and den site selection in the Jemez Mountains, New Mexico. The most supported models suggested that black bears were more likely to select bed sites with a combination of low horizontal visibility (β = −0.007, SE = 0.002; P = 0.002) and high stand basal area (β = 0.013, SE = 0.005; P = 0.004). The highest-ranking model for den site selection indicated that black bears were more likely to select den sites with low horizontal visibility (β = −0.0102, SE = 0.004; P = 0.006). Black bears used all disturbed sites to varying degrees (45% of study area), although 48% of bed sites were located in undisturbed habitat (55% of study area) while only 11% and 2% of bed sites were located in thinned and prescribed burn sites, respectively. Thirty-nine percent of bed sites were located in previous wildfire locations; however, 67% of these sites were in areas with low burn severity. Thirty-eight percent of den sites were located in previously disturbed habitat, 8 of these sites were burned by wildfires. In order to develop effective management plans for black bears, it is essential to understand responses to landscape-scale habitat disturbances due to wildfires and restoration activities, all of which are becoming more prevalent and widespread across southwestern forests. Accounting for the timing, size, and proximity of future restoration efforts would aid in mitigating potential short-term negative effects on black bears. © 2020 |
英文关键词 | Bed site; Black bear; Den site; Forest restoration; Habitat selection; New Mexico; Thinning; Ursus americanus |
语种 | 英语 |
scopus关键词 | Animals; Conservation; Ecosystems; Fires; Forestry; Restoration; Visibility; Bed site; Black bear; Den site; Forest restoration; Habitat selection; New Mexico; Thinning; Ursus americanus; Site selection; basal area; bear; den; GPS; habitat availability; habitat selection; overgrazing; restoration ecology; site selection; thinning; visibility; wildfire; Animals; Conservation; Ecosystems; Fires; Forestry; Restoration; New Mexico; United States; Ursus americanus |
来源期刊 | Forest Ecology and Management
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文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/155470 |
作者单位 | Department of Fish, Wildlife, and Conservation Ecology, New Mexico State University, P.O. Box 30003, MSC 4901, Las Cruces, NM 88003, United States; U.S. Geological Survey, New Mexico Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, Department of Fish, Wildlife, and Conservation Ecology, New Mexico State University, P.O. Box 30003, MSC 4901, Las Cruces, NM 88003, United States |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Bard S.M.,Cain J.W.,III. Investigation of bed and den site selection by American black bears (Ursus americanus) in a landscape impacted by forest restoration treatments and wildfires[J],2020,460. |
APA | Bard S.M.,Cain J.W.,&III.(2020).Investigation of bed and den site selection by American black bears (Ursus americanus) in a landscape impacted by forest restoration treatments and wildfires.Forest Ecology and Management,460. |
MLA | Bard S.M.,et al."Investigation of bed and den site selection by American black bears (Ursus americanus) in a landscape impacted by forest restoration treatments and wildfires".Forest Ecology and Management 460(2020). |
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