Rocky Mountain Research Station

Title: Songbird ecology in southwestern ponderosa pine forests: a literature review

Author: Block, William M.; Finch, Deborah M.

Date: 1997

Source: Gen. Tech. Rep. RM-292. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station. 152 p.

Station ID: GTR-RM-292

Description: This publication reviews and synthesizes the literature about ponderosa pine forests of the Southwest, with emphasis on the biology, ecology, and conservation of songbirds. Critical bird-habitat management issues related to succession, snags, old growth, fire, logging, grazing, recreation, and landscape scale are addressed. Overviews of the ecology, current use, and history of Southwestern ponderosa pine forests are also provided. This report is one of the outcomes of the Silver vs Thomas court-settlement agreement of 1996. It is intended for planners, scientists, and conservationists in solving some of the controversies over managing forests and birds in the Southwest.

Keywords: Pinus ponderosa, ponderosa pine, Southwest, songbirds

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Block, William M.; Finch, Deborah M.  1997.  Songbird ecology in southwestern ponderosa pine forests: a literature review.   Gen. Tech. Rep. RM-292. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station. 152 p..