Effects of logging roads on depredation of artificial ground nests in a forested landscape

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 158-162

  Yahner, Richard H ^a   Mahan, Carolyn G ^a,b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b School of Architecture   (United States)

Author keywords

artificial nest; bird; clearcutting; forest; landscape; logging roads; predation

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL NEST; DISTURBANCE; FOREST; LOGGING ROAD; NEST PREDATION; TRAVEL CORRIDOR;

USA, PENNSYLVANIA, BARRENS GROUSE;

EID: 0030616579     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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