Vol. 63 No. 6 (2008):
Forest Culture and Perspectives

Birds and forest environment

Paolo Casanova
Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Ambientali Forestali, Università degli Studi di Firenze.
Anna Memoli
Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Ambientali Forestali, Università degli Studi di Firenze.

Published 2008-12-24

Keywords

  • birds,
  • forest,
  • ecological indicators

Abstract

Birds are particularly suitable for ecological analysis due to their sensibility to the various environmental factors. In the choice of the habitat, the various species prefer those with sylvicultural structures well fitted for their biology, especially when nesting and food offer are concerned. This peculiarity offers an interesting reading key because variatons in species composition and structure can be traced also through the evolution of the actual avifauna.