Abstract
Following the destruction of parts of a coniferous plantation in Takao-kogesawa national forest, Tokyo, during a natural disaster, we have attempted to replant the habitat “gaps” with deciduous broad-leaved trees since 2001. Sound recorders were used to study the appearance of birds in these habitat gaps during the process of succession. Ten resident species bred in the regenerating gaps from 2006 to 2015. Brown-eared Bulbuls and Japanese Bush Warblers were recorded more frequently, whereas other species, such as Meadow Buntings, that do not prefer forest, showed no obvious change over the decade.
