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Table 2 Common name, scientific name, and 4-letter abbreviation of bird species for which we modeled the effects of salvage logging in the Sierra Nevada, CA, USA. Response to salvage intensity or activity is shown with significantly positive (+), negative (−), neutral (0), or not analyzed (NA)

From: Short-term effects of post-fire salvage logging intensity and activity on breeding birds in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, USA

Common name

Scientific name

4-letter abbreviation

Chips Fire

Rim Fire

Acorn woodpecker

Melanerpes formicivorus

ACWO

NA

+

American robin

Turdus migratorious

AMRO

−

0

Anna’s hummingbird

Calypte anna

ANHU

NA

0

Black-backed woodpecker

Picoides arcticus

BBWO

−

NA

Black-headed grosbeak

Pheuticus melanocephalus

BHGR

−

0

Brown creeper

Certhia americana

BRCR

−

−

Black-throated gray warbler

Setophaga nigrescens

BTYW

NA

−

Cassin’s finch

Haemorhous cassinii

CAFI

+

0

Cassin’s vireo

Vireo cassinii

CAVI

0

−

Chipping sparrow

Spizella passerina

CHSP

0

0

Dark-eyed junco

Junco hyemalis

DEJU

0

0

Dusky flycatcher

Empidonax oberholseri

DUFL

0

0

Fox sparrow

Passerella iliaca

FOSP

0

+

Hammond’s flycatcher

Empidonax hammondii

HAFL

−

0

Hairy woodpecker

Leuconotopicus villosus

HAWO

0

−

Hermit warbler

Setophaga occidentalis

HEWA

0

−

House wren

Troglodytes aedon

HOWR

0

−

Lawrence’s goldfinch

Spinus lawrencei

LAGO

NA

0

Lazuli bunting

Passerina amoena

LAZB

−

0

Lesser goldfinch

Spinus psaltria

LEGO

NA

+

MacGillivray’s warbler

Geothlypis tolmiei

MGWA

−

0

Mountain bluebird

Sialia currucoides

MOBL

+

NA

Mountain chickadee

Poecile gambeli

MOCH

−

−

Mourning dove

Zenaida macroura

MODO

NA

0

Nashville warbler

Leiothlypis ruficapilla

NAWA

0

−

Northern flicker

Colaptes auratus

NOFL

0

0

Olive-sided flycatcher

Contopus cooperi

OSFL

0

−

Pine siskin

Carduelis pinus

PISI

+

NA

Purple finch

Haemorhous purpureus

PUFI

0

−

Red-breasted nuthatch

Sitta Canadensis

RBNU

−

−

Red-breasted sapsucker

Sphyrapicus ruber

RBSA

0

NA

Spotted towhee

Pipilo maculatus

SPTO

0

0

Steller’s jay

Cyanocitta stelleri

STJA

−

0

Townsend’s solitaire

Myadestes townsendi

TOSO

0

0

Warbling vireo

Vireo gilvus

WAVI

NA

0

White-breasted nuthatch

Sitta carolinensis

WBNU

NA

0

Western bluebird

Sialia mexicana

WEBL

+

+

Western tanager

Piranga ludoviciana

WETA

−

0

Western wood-pewee

Contopus sordidulus

WEWP

0

0

White-headed woodpecker

Picoides albolarvatus

WHWO

0

0

Yellow-rumped warbler

Setophaga coronata

YRWA

0

−