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Adriana Tovar-Martínez, a graduate student of Wildlife Conservation and Management at the National University of Costa Rica, has been conducting research at Selva Verde this spring and summer.
She is studying variations in bird populations relating to different types of forest management. In order to compare the density and occurrence of bird species in both logged and undisturbed areas, she will be making observations in 11 sites in the Sarapiqui Canton. Utilizing Selva Verde’s primary forest reserve as a source site of undisturbed forestland, she has compiled data based on visual observance and by making recordings of early morning birdsongs, later listening and recording the birds in her notes. Her count includes several species of birds, which she can compare to counts in other areas in the region with different land management policies.
Her aim is to assess changes in animal populations due to the impact of timber harvesting. She will be able to use this analysis to gain a better understanding of the efficacy of selective logging used in efforts to reduce wildlife population decline due to disturbance and loss of habitat generated by conventional logging. By comparing avian populations in the differently managed forests, she will be able to offer insight into the sustainability of selective logging, which has become a trend in sustainable economic production.
In abstract: In order to make sustainable forest management a competitive business while also a viable option for the maintenance of wildlife, it is necessary to monitor, quantify, and asses changes in animal populations due to the impact of logging.
Some of the bird species she has observed while at Selva Verde:
Penelope purpurascnes, Doliatus thamnophilus, Pipra mentalis, Trogon Massena, Thryothorus thoracicus, Myrmeciza exsul, Guetemalensis campephilus, Candeia Manacus, Sanctithomae dendrocolaptidae
Thank you Adriana for your observations and your contribution to wildlife conservation!
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[...] Adriana Tomar-Martínez, graduate student from the National University of Costa Rica, is comparing birds in protected and selectively logged areas in Costa Rica. Adriana Tomar-Martínez at Selva Verde Lodge. [...]
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