Owls’ responses to forest conservation in the Alps

Abstract As inhabitants of cavities, some owl species benefit from natural processes, different tree compositions and higher volumes dead wood. We assumed that protected areas would have a positive impact on the community. compared abundance calling owls 22 lines in managed versus forests. Here, we recorded acoustic communication owls. The composition community did not differ between areas. However, found forest landscape integrity index altitude diversity Forests probably need time to develop heterogeneous habitat structures. conservation priority should be increase Our results also confirmed forests can high