Forest Co-op Ontario Forest Birds Workshop
Forest Co-op Ontario Forest Birds Workshop
The Forest Co-op in collaboration with the Sustainable Forest Management Network (SFMN) held a workshop entitled the "Forest Co-op Ontario Forest Birds Workshop". This 3-day workshop was held April 8-10, 2008 in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario.
Links to articles in the special journal editions of the:
Forestry Chronicle (March/April 2009 Vol. 85. No. 2).
Bird Status Theme
Status of Ontario's forest birds
Peter Blancher, Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment Canada
Bird monitoring programs in Ontario:
what have we got and what do we need?
Charles Francis, Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment Canada
Modeling bird habitat using satellite-derived data for area-based habitat conservation plans
Jason Duffe, Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment Canada
Boreal Avian Modeling Project
Samantha Song, Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment Canada
Forest Management Effects Theme
Riparian Management: Forest bird responses to partial cutting in riparian reserves in Ontario's boreal mixedwood forest
Steve Holmes, Canadian Forest Service
Effects of post-harvest silviculture on boreal breeding birds
Ian Thompson, Canadian Forest Service
Birds & forest management: An overview of relationships & management approaches
Margaret Donnelly, Sustainable Forest Management Network
The importance of standing deadwood in the foraging and nesting ecology of birds in the boreal forest
Pierre Drapeau, Universite du Quebec a Montreal
The effects of single-tree and group selection on the birds in hardwood forests in a forested landscape
Erica Nol, Trent University
Impacts of partial harvesting on forest breeding birds in fragmented forests
Dawn Burke, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources
Do post-harvest forests emulate natural disturbances from the perspective of boreal landbirds
Ryan Zimmerling, Golder Associates
Effects of forest management activities on stick-nesting birds: new direction for mitigation in Ontario
Brian Naylor, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources
Boreal mixedwood bird community response to spruce budworm outbreak and succession
Lisa Venier, Canadian Forest Service
Linking the range-wide decline of a songbird to long term prey cycles: The case of the Canada Warbler
Kandyd Szuba, Domtar Inc.
Pattern, process and bird community assembly on boreal landscapes originating from fire and timber harvest: can we have our ecosystem and preserve it too?
Tom Nudds, University of Guelph
Birds as ecological indicators of sustainable forest management
Lisa Venier, Canadian Forest Service
Bird Monitoring Theme
A test of Ontario's habitat suitability matrix for forest birds
Steve Holmes, Canadian Forest Service
Forest cover thresholds in boreal birds: Implications for management
Susan Hannon, University of Alberta
Development and application of biological integrity indices for reporting on the status of boreal forest bird communities
Erin Bayne, University of Alberta
Developing a focal species bioassay for assessment of songbird conservation design strategies
Rob Rempel, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources
Science Into Policy And Practice Theme
Development and evaluation of coarse-filter policy options for the conservation of forest songbird communities
Rob Rempel, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources
Forest Industry perspectives on MBCA - Challenges and Solutions
Andrew Devries, Forest Products Association of Canada
Providing for bird habitat in forest management plans in Ontario - Opportunities and Difficulties
Jim Baker, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources
Forest Birds Workshop Summary