<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> Korňan M., Adamík P.: Structure of the breeding bird assemblage of a natural beech-spruce forest in the Šútovská dolina National Nature Reserve, the Malá Fatra Mts. Ekológia (Bratislava), Vol. 33, No. 2, p. 138-150, 2014. The structure of a breeding bird assemblage of a natural beech-spruce forest in the Šútovská dolina National Nature Reserve, the Malá Fatra Mts was studied in the period 2000−2002. A 20-ha forest interior study plot was established for bird censusing. Population abundances were estimated by a combined version of the mapping method from April to the beginning of July. Altogether, 49 breeders were recorded and the total mean breeding bird assemblage density of the beech-spruce forest was 54.23±8.60 pairs/10 ha (CV = 15.85%). One species were characterised as eudominant (≥10%): Fringilla coelebs; and five species as dominant (≥5%): Erithacus rubecula, Sylvia atricapilla, Parus ater, Regulus regulus and Certhia familiaris. The Shannon diversity index (H') varied between 3.97 and 4.04 bites. The evenness index (J') reached values between 0.74 and 0.79. Expected species diversity in random sample of 100 pairs calculated by rarefaction [E (S100 pairs)] was 21.02 ± 0.46 (SD) species derived as a mean value from the years 2000−2002. The mean rarefaction estimate on area [E (S10 ha)] was 17.35 ± 1.31 species. Species richness compared to other studied mixed forest in Slovakia was one of the highest, yet the species diversity values belong among the lowest.</abstract>

Korňan M., Adamík P.: Structure of the breeding bird assemblage of a natural beech-spruce forest in the Šútovská dolina National Nature Reserve, the Malá Fatra Mts. Ekológia (Bratislava), Vol. 33, No. 2, p. 138-150, 2014. The structure of a breeding bird assemblage of a natural beech-spruce forest in the Šútovská dolina National Nature Reserve, the Malá Fatra Mts was studied in the period 2000−2002. A 20-ha forest interior study plot was established for bird censusing. Population abundances were estimated by a combined version of the mapping method from April to the beginning of July. Altogether, 49 breeders were recorded and the total mean breeding bird assemblage density of the beech-spruce forest was 54.23±8.60 pairs/10 ha (CV = 15.85%). One species were characterised as eudominant (≥10%): Fringilla coelebs; and five species as dominant (≥5%): Erithacus rubecula, Sylvia atricapilla, Parus ater, Regulus regulus and Certhia familiaris. The Shannon diversity index (H') varied between 3.97 and 4.04 bites. The evenness index (J') reached values between 0.74 and 0.79. Expected species diversity in random sample of 100 pairs calculated by rarefaction [E (S100 pairs)] was 21.02 ± 0.46 (SD) species derived as a mean value from the years 2000−2002. The mean rarefaction estimate on area [E (S10 ha)] was 17.35 ± 1.31 species. Species richness compared to other studied mixed forest in Slovakia was one of the highest, yet the species diversity values belong among the lowest.

Structure of the Breeding Bird Assemblage of A Natural Beech-Spruce Forest in the Šútovská Dolina National Nature Reserve, the Malá Fatra Mts

Centre for Ecological Studies, Ústredie 14, 013 62 Veľké Rovné, Slovak Republic / Department of Forest Protection and Game Management, Faculty of Forestry, Technical University in Zvolen, T.G. Masaryka 20, 960 53 Zvolen, Slovak Republic

Department of Zoology, Palacký University, Tř. Svobody 26, 771 46 Olomouc, Czech Republic

Ekológia (Bratislava)

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Korňan M., Adamík P.: Structure of the breeding bird assemblage of a natural beech-spruce forest in the Šútovská dolina National Nature Reserve, the Malá Fatra...

Structure of the Breeding Bird Assemblage of A Natural Beech-Spruce Forest in the Šútovská Dolina National Nature Reserve, the Malá Fatra Mts

Published Online: Jun 17, 2014

Page range: 138 - 150

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/eko-2014-0014

Keywords
bird community, mixed forest, mapping method, population density, rarefaction, Western Carpathians, Slovakia

© by Martin Korňan

This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License, which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Structure of the Breeding Bird Assemblage of A Natural Beech-Spruce Forest in the Šútovská Dolina National Nature Reserve, the Malá Fatra Mts

Published Online: Jun 17, 2014

Page range: 138 - 150

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/eko-2014-0014

Keywordsbird community, mixed forest, mapping method, population density, rarefaction, Western Carpathians, Slovakia

© by Martin Korňan

This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License, which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Keywords
bird community, mixed forest, mapping method, population density, rarefaction, Western Carpathians, Slovakia