Streamside versus Upslope Breeding Bird Communities in the Central Oregon Coast Range

Abstract

Despite the perceived ecological and management significance of streamside areas in the moist coniferous and mixed deciduous-coniferous forests of the Pacific Northwest, there is little empirical data on the relative importance of streamside habitat to area avifauna. Consequently, we compared breeding bird species diversity, richness, evenness, and individual species' abundance between streamside and upslope areas in 6 mature, unmanaged forest stands in the central Oregon Coast Range