Ministry of Forests Forest Science Program
		Abstract for FRDA Report 216

		Montane Alternative Silvicultural Systems (MASS): Pre-treatment Breeding Bird Communities
		Author or Ministry Contact: Andrew A. Bryant
		Branch: Research
		Subject: Birds
		Series: FRDA Report
		Other details: Published March 1994

Abstract

McMillan Bloedel Limited, with funding obtained under the Canada-British Columbia Forest Resource Development Agreement (FRDA), experimented with alternative harvesting systems at a study site near Campbell River. An area of high-elevation old-growth forest was harvested using a combination of clearcutting, clearcutting with leave patches (green tree retention), strip-cutting (shelterwood), and small clearcuts (patch cutting). The objectives of this study were to evaluate pre-harvest richness, diversity, and relative abundance of breeding forest birds in the Mass study area; and, to obtain baseline information on predation rates.

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