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PRBO's module is focused on assessing the efficacy of these strategies for songbirds, while the other modules are looking at the responses of fire and fuels, forest structure, Spotted Owls, and small mammals. This study is intended to last no less than 20 years, and therefore provides opportunity to examine and monitor the long-term effects of forest practices on the change in songbird populations over a fairly long time frame.
The project location is the northern Sierra Nevada and encompasses portions of three National Forests: the Tahoe, Plumas, and Lassen. Study is based out of Quincy, CA in the heart of the Northern Sierras.
Hypothesis:
Will forest structure and composition resulting from specific management regimes, when analyzed in the context of time and space; create conditions capable of sustaining stable avian communities?
  
Objectives:
1) Determine the short-term, localized responses of landbirds to specific forest treatments.
2) Determine the responses of landbirds to forest management and succession integrated over time (10 to 20 years) and space.
3) Contribute to national, state, and regional conservation efforts by providing key information to California Partners in Flight habitat conservation plans, Breeding Biology Research and Monitoring Database (BBIRD), and Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survival (MAPS) database.
Northern Sierra habitat white papers:
Contact: Ryan Burnett
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