Forest Management Considerations for Conservation of Black Woodpecker Dryocopus martius and White-backed Woodpecker Dendrocopos leucotos Populations in Quinto Real (Spanish Western Pyrenees) |
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Authors: | Alfonso Garmendia Susana Cárcamo Oscar Schwendtner |
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Institution: | 1. Department of Agroforest Ecosystems, Polytechnic University of Valencia, E.T.S.M.R.E. (“Agrícolas”), Blasco Ibá?ez 21, 46010, Valencia, Spain 2. BASOA, C/Tafalla 20, Pamplona, Spain
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Abstract: | The woodlands of Quinto Real (Quinto Real, Erreguerena and Legua Acotada) are a 3,000 hectare beech (Fagus sylvatica) forest managed by the shelterwood system applied to even-aged (regular) stands. This study analyses how forest management
determines the local distribution of the white-backed woodpecker (Dendrocopos leucotos) and black woodpecker (Dryocopus martius) and its relationship with the type, structure and size of the stands used for nesting by both species, as well as their
dead wood requirements. The most suitable nesting habitat of both species is the mature forest (stands of regular large final
crop trees), but the size of the mature fragments and a minimum quantity of dead wood is also important. |
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Keywords: | Black woodpecker Dead wood Dendrocopos leucotos ssp lilfordi Dryocopus martius Forest structure Population dynamics Spain Sustainable forest management White-backed woodpecker |
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