Populations of the eastern whip-poor-will (Antrostomus vociferus; whip-poor-will) have declined throughout most of its range, making it a species of high conservation concern in nearly every state and province where it occurs. Researchers have reported whip-poor-wills are associated with forest stands with open canopies, and thus silviculture may be a promising means for promoting their populations, yet the ecological literature does not quantify fine-scale habitat relationships capable of assisting with silviculture prescriptions. Our objective was to quantify the associations between whip-poor-wills, canopy openness, and other vegetation characteristics to provide managers with guidance for whip-poor-will management. Based on prior research, we hypothesized that whip-poor-wills may be associated with intermediate levels of canopy retention and that their numbers would also be affected by understory characteristics. We surveyed whip-poor-wills with point counts in managed forest at the Fort Drum Army installation in New York, USA, during 2015 and 2016 and collected vegetation measurements at each point count location to relate whip-poor-will occupancy with vegetation structure and composition. Whip-poor-will occupancy was strongly related to intermediate levels of basal area, with peak occupancy at 13.8 m²/ha, a value that corresponds to forest denser than most shrublands but more open than closed-canopy forest. Whip-poor-will presence was negatively related to understory height, which is consistent with prior studies. These findings provide managers with quantitative targets that can be used to increase or maintain whip-poor-will numbers and abundance of other disturbance-associated species similarly unable to persist in unmanaged forests stands. © 2021 The Wildlife Society.

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在管理的森林中培育东部鞭毛穷人的栖息地协会

东部鞭子贫民（Antrostomus vociferus）的种群; whip-poor-will）在其大部分范围内已经下降，使其成为几乎每个发生它的州和省的高度保护关注的物种。研究人员报告说，贫民意志与具有开放式树冠的林分有关，因此造林可能是促进其种群数量的有希望的手段，但生态文献并未量化能够协助制定造林处方的精细栖息地关系。我们的目标是量化鞭毛贫瘠意志、树冠开放度和其他植被特征之间的关联，为管理者提供鞭打贫困意志管理的指导。根据之前的研究，我们假设鞭子穷人的意志可能与树冠保留的中等水平有关，并且它们的数量也会受到林下特征的影响。我们在 2015 年和 2016 年期间在美国纽约的 Fort Drum Army 设施中对管理森林中的点数进行了调查，并在每个点计数位置收集了植被测量值，以将鞭子贫困者的占有率与植被结构和作品。Whip-poor-will 入住率与基础面积的中间水平密切相关，最高入住率在 13.8 m 在 2015 年和 2016 年期间，收集了每个点计数位置的植被测量值，以将鞭子贫困人口的占有率与植被结构和组成联系起来。Whip-poor-will 入住率与基础面积的中间水平密切相关，最高入住率在 13.8 m 在 2015 年和 2016 年期间，收集了每个点计数位置的植被测量值，以将鞭子贫困人口的占有率与植被结构和组成联系起来。Whip-poor-will 入住率与基础面积的中间水平密切相关，最高入住率在 13.8 m² /ha，该值对应于比大多数灌木林更密集但比封闭冠层森林更开放的森林。Whip-poor-will 的存在与林下高度呈负相关，这与先前的研究一致。这些发现为管理人员提供了定量目标，可用于增加或保持其他与干扰相关的物种的数量和丰度，这些物种同样无法在未管理的林分中持续存在。© 2021 野生动物协会。