Journal of Hebei University (Natural Science Edition) ›› 2015, Vol. 35 ›› Issue (2): 177-181.DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1000-1565.2015.02.012

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Effects of fire on the bird community of the airport grassland

MA Laikun1,LIU Jianping1 ,HOU Jianhua2 ,ZHANG Zhengqun2   

  1. 1.College of Animal Science and Technology, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding 071001 ,China; 2.College of Life Sciences, Hebei University, Baoding 071002, China
  • Received:2014-11-12 Revised:2015-01-12 Online:2015-03-25 Published:2015-03-25
  • Contact: HOU Jianhua

Abstract: The effects of fire on bird communities of the airport grassland was studied in November 2013 using the route survey. The results showed that: 11 kinds of birds were recorded, belonging to 5 orders and 8 families, where the dominant species was sparrow (Passer montanus), Short-toed Braun (Calandrella cheleensis) and magpies (Pica pica). Compared with the fire area, no fire area had the highest density of birds, Shannon-Weiner index value (H') and Pielou index value (E). The fire significantly reduced the density of bird community, species diversity and evenness degree (P <0.05), and bird density increased with the degree of fire reduced. But the fire did not significantly change the number of species of bird community (P>0.05).There was more similarity in bird species composition between fire area and no fire area.

Key words: fire, bird communities, airport, grassland

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