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Title: Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest: 10-ha bird plot territory maps, 1969 - 2021
Maps showing the estimated territorial boundaries of all bird species occupying the 10-ha bird plot in the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest, 1969-2021. These data were used in estimating the abundance of bird populations during this period (e.g., Holmes and Sturges 1975, Holmes et al. 1986, Holmes and Sherry 1988, 2001, Holmes 2011). These data were gathered as part of the Hubbard Brook Ecosystem Study (HBES). The HBES is a collaborative effort at the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest, which is operated and maintained by the USDA Forest Service, Northern Research Station. Papers associated with this dataset: Holmes, R. T., & Sturges, F. W. (1975). Bird Community Dynamics and Energetics in a Northern Hardwoods Ecosystem. Journal of Animal Ecology, 44(1), 175–200. https://doi.org/10.2307/3857 Sherry, T. W. (1979). Competitive interactions and adaptive strategies of American Redstarts and Least Flycatchers in a northern hardwoods forest. The Auk, 96(2), 265-283. Holmes, R. T., Bonney, R. E., & Pacala, S. W. (1979). Guild Structure of the Hubbard Brook Bird Community: A Multivariate Approach. Ecology, 60(3), 512–520. https://doi.org/10.2307/1936071 Holmes, R. T., Sherry, T. W., & Sturges, F. W. (1986). Bird Community Dynamics in a Temperate Deciduous Forest: Long-Term Trends at Hubbard Brook. Ecological Monographs, 56(3), 201–220. https://doi.org/10.2307/2937074 Holmes, R. T., & Robinson, S. K. (1988). Spatial patterns, foraging tactics, and diets of ground-foraging birds in a northern hardwoods forest. The Wilson Bulletin, 377-394. Holmes, R. T., & Sherry, T. W. (1988). Assessing population trends of New Hampshire forest birds: local vs. regional patterns. The Auk, 105(4), 756-768. 10.2307/4087390 Holmes, R. T., & Sherry, T. W. (2001). Thirty-year bird population trends in an unfragmented temperate deciduous forest: importance of habitat change. The Auk, 118(3), 589-609. https://doi.org/10.1093/auk/118.3.589 Holmes, R. T. (2011). Avian population and community processes in forest ecosystems: Long-term research in the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest. Forest Ecology and Management, 262(1), 20-32. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2010.06.021 Associated datasets in the data catalog: Holmes, R.T., N.L. Rodenhouse, and M.T. Hallworth. 2022. Bird Abundances at the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest (1969-present) and on three replicate plots (1986-2000) in the White Mountain National Forest ver 8. Environmental Data Initiative. https://doi.org/10.6073/pasta/6422a72893616ce9020086de5a5714cd (Accessed 2023-12-17).  more » « less
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1637685 2224545
PAR ID:
10491112
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Publisher / Repository:
Environmental Data Initiative
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Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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