Fundamental Studies for the Rilationship between Vegetation and Avifauna in the Urban Forest at Breeding Season

Abstract

The purposes of this paper were to clarify relationship between the vegetation and avifauna in the urban forest at breeding season. Kodomo Natural Park in Yokohama city were choosen for these purposes. As the result of this study we appeared that (1) The small size needleleef tree forest which stand near by the deciduous tree forest is important for birds.(2) The avifauna was influenced by the type of forest floor and tree forms.