An assessment of ground-nest depredation in a catastrophically disturbed region, Mount St. Helens, Washington
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Abstract
The explosive eruption of the Mount St. Helens volcano on 18 May 1980 severely affected a large ar- ray of plant and animal populations (Edwards and Schwartz 1981, MacMahon 1982, Wissmar et al. 1982) over a vast area (>600 kM2) (Fig. 1). Volcanic eruptions are relatively common agents of large-scale biotic disturbance, yet few studies have addressed either short- or long-term effects on avian populations (see Hayward et al. 1982 for entry on pre-1980 literature). We present data gathered during 1980- 1984 on relative abundances of birds in disturbed areas near Mount St. Helens. These data indicate that a ground-nesting species was numerically dominant in the early posteruption avifauna. We also test the null hypothesis that predation rates on ground nests were unaltered by the eruption. We assumed that the breeding abundance of ground-nesting species is affected significantly by nesting success in previous years (Duebbert and Lokemoen 1980) and speculated whether dramatic changes in ground-nest predation rate might have occurred as a result of the eruption.
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| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | An assessment of ground-nest depredation in a catastrophically disturbed region, Mount St. Helens, Washington |
| Series title | The Auk |
| Volume | 103 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Year Published | 1986 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | American Ornithological Society |
| Description | 5 p. |
| First page | 622 |
| Last page | 626 |
| Country | United States |
| State | Washington |
| Other Geospatial | Mount St. Helens |
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