Dear all,
I have been searching through the literature for examples of possible impacts on biological communities of interventions targeted at restoring / stabilizing landslides. I found just a few studies focusing on plant/invertebrates. I wonder whether there are no works about the potential impact of landslide restoration/rehabilitation on other animal groups/species (I'm particularly interested in birds), or I missed something...
Any hint would be much appreciated!
Thank you in advance.
Mattia
https://blogs.agu.org/landslideblog/2014/06/04/maggie-the-kakapo/
https://www.audubon.org/news/landslide-triggered-new-zealand-earthquake-crushes-rare-seabird-colony
Here are some news. Birds who nest in the mud or on vegetation and also those who are flightless suffer the most.
For birds, there is this study from Columbia published 4 years ago:
Article Bird conservation would complement landslide prevention in t...
There are many articles about bird conservation as a way of landslide restoration. I guess you are talking about impacts of landslides on bird communities, isn't it?
Thank you Bindia and Eyal for your answers!
My specific interest is in potential impacts of landslide restoration on birds, i.e. whether the works carried out to stabilize and/or restore slopes after landslides, may have consequences (positive or negative) on birds.
Thanks again.
Mattia
Dear Mattia,
although I have not a perfect fit for your request, I can suggest you these links, (that you probably already know) where you can find further information:
https://www.waldwissen.net/wald/schutzfunktion/schnee/wsl_lawinen_pflanzen/index_EN
https://www.zobodat.at/pdf/NP-Hohe-Tauern-Conference_5_0389-0398.pdf
http://arc.lib.montana.edu/snow-science/objects/ISSW16_P4.52.pdf
All the best
Marco
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