Succession of bird population in the course of secondary spruce forest succession in South-Western Belarus

  • Irina V. Abramova Brest State University named after A. S. Pushkin, Kosmonavtov Boulevard, 21, 224016, Brest, Belarus

Abstract

The article tracks the changes in the bird population during secondary succession of cleared spruce forest in SouthWestern Belarus. The field work was performed in the years 1992–2012 applying the conventional bird count methods. The study revealed that the bird species diversity in the course of succession (6 stages, 1–100 years old) increased from 10 to 59 species, overall abundance – from 137.1 to 689.5 birds/km2, overall biomass – from 3.68 to 47.70 kg/ km2. The ornithological variety included six fauna types. At the initial stages of succession the bird population comprised the European, European-Turkestan and Palaearctic types of fauna. At the stages of 50 –80 and 90 –100 years old the species structure (54.2–55.2 %) and the bird population (46.7– 49.1 % of the overall abundance; 66.0 – 66.3 % of the overall biomass) were dominated by the Palaearctic types of fauna. 

Author Biography

Irina V. Abramova, Brest State University named after A. S. Pushkin, Kosmonavtov Boulevard, 21, 224016, Brest, Belarus

PhD (biology), docent; dean of the faculty of geography

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Published
2017-10-23
Keywords: succession, spruce forest, ornithological variety, dominant, rare bird species, Republic of Belarus
How to Cite
Abramova, I. V. (2017). Succession of bird population in the course of secondary spruce forest succession in South-Western Belarus. Journal of the Belarusian State University. Geography and Geology, 2, 31-39. Retrieved from https://journals.bsu.by/index.php/geography/article/view/979
Issue
No 2 (2017): Journal of the Belarusian State University. Geography and Geology
Section
Geography

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