The early development of forest fragmentation effects on birds

Conservation Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 188-202

  Hagan, John M ^a   Matthew Vander Haegen, W ^b,c   Mckinley, Peter S ^a  

^a Manomet Observatory   (United States)

^b NE Forest Experiment Station   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDGE EFFECT; FOREST FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; OVENBIRD;

PARULIDAE; SCIURUS AUROCAPILLUS;

EID: 0029667655     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1739.1996.10010188.x     Document Type: Article

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