Forestry practices and the risk of bird nest predation in a boreal coniferous forest

Ecological Applications

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 572-580

  Darveau, Marcel ^a   Bélanger, Louis ^a   Huot, Jean ^a   Mélançon, Éric ^a   Debellefeuille, Sonia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Boreal; Breeding birds; Buffer strip; Clearcuts; Coniferous; Dummy nests; Edge effect; Forest fragmentation; Quebec; Riparian; Tamiasciurus hudsonicus; Weeding

Indexed keywords

AVES; CARNIVORA; CORVIDAE; COTURNIX; COTURNIX COTURNIX; GALLIFORMES; MAMMALIA; MEPHITIDAE; PHASIANIDAE; PROCYON; PROCYON LOTOR; RIPARIA; SCIURIDAE; TAMIASCIURUS HUDSONICUS;

FORESTRY PRACTICE; NEST PREDATION; PREDATION RISK; QUAIL;

CANADA, QUEBEC;

EID: 0030613867     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(1997)007[0572:FPATRO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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