Ecological management of a Mediterranean mountainous reserve (Pindos National Park, Greece) using the bird community as an indicator

Ecological management of a Mediterranean mountainous reserve (Pindos National Park, Greece) using the bird community as an indicator. Kati, V., Dimopoulos, P., Papaioannou, H., & Poirazidis, K. Journal for Nature Conservation, 17(1):47 – 59, 2009. Cited by: 24

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We used the community of passerines and woodpeckers as a target group for the conservation management of Pindos National Park (NW Greece). We conducted bird point counts twice during springtime in 72 plots that represented the main vegetation types (16 sites). We recorded 56 species (14 of conservation concern-SPEC). The montane grasslands were the most important habitats in terms of species of conservation concern, whereas the agricultural mosaics were the most species-rich habitats. The mixed pine-beech woods were significantly richer than the pinewoods, whereas pinewoods and broad-leaved woods did not differ significantly between them. The bird diversity was significantly correlated with the number of tree layers, the vertical structural complexity and the maximum height of trees. The presence of grassland, forest and agricultural habitat type, as well as the altitude and the vegetation structural complexity were the main environmental parameters determining species composition (Canonical Correspondence Analysis). We identified a set of 17 typical species (IndVal analysis) to be used in the monitoring scheme of the Park, which were characteristic of the main bird habitat types distinguished by Ward's hierarchical clustering. Conservation measures should involve maintenance of the traditional agricultural practices, montane grasslands, old growth woods, as well as the vertical vegetation complexity and high trees in forest stands. © 2008 Elsevier GmbH. All rights reserved.

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	author = {Kati, Vassiliki and Dimopoulos, Panayotis and Papaioannou, Haritakis and Poirazidis, Kostas},
	title = {Ecological management of a Mediterranean mountainous reserve (Pindos National Park, Greece) using the bird community as an indicator},
	year = {2009},
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	abstract = {We used the community of passerines and woodpeckers as a target group for the conservation management of Pindos National Park (NW Greece). We conducted bird point counts twice during springtime in 72 plots that represented the main vegetation types (16 sites). We recorded 56 species (14 of conservation concern-SPEC). The montane grasslands were the most important habitats in terms of species of conservation concern, whereas the agricultural mosaics were the most species-rich habitats. The mixed pine-beech woods were significantly richer than the pinewoods, whereas pinewoods and broad-leaved woods did not differ significantly between them. The bird diversity was significantly correlated with the number of tree layers, the vertical structural complexity and the maximum height of trees. The presence of grassland, forest and agricultural habitat type, as well as the altitude and the vegetation structural complexity were the main environmental parameters determining species composition (Canonical Correspondence Analysis). We identified a set of 17 typical species (IndVal analysis) to be used in the monitoring scheme of the Park, which were characteristic of the main bird habitat types distinguished by Ward's hierarchical clustering. Conservation measures should involve maintenance of the traditional agricultural practices, montane grasslands, old growth woods, as well as the vertical vegetation complexity and high trees in forest stands. © 2008 Elsevier GmbH. All rights reserved.},
	author_keywords = {Ecological structure; Forest management; Indicators; NATURA 2000; Passerines; Protected area},
	keywords = {Eurasia; Europe; Greece; Pindus Mountains; Southern Europe; Aves; Fagus; Picidae; bioindicator; conservation management; forest management; habitat conservation; national park; nature reserve; passerine; reserve design},
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