Diversity and abundance of landbirds in a northeastern industrial forest

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 718-735

  Hagan, John M ^a   McKinley, Peter S ^a,b   Meehan, Amy L ^a,c   Grove, Stacie L ^a  

^a Manomet Center for Conservation Sciences   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^c VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Avian diversity; Clearcutting; Forest management; Forest succession; Forestry; Landscape; Logging; Maine; Neotropical migrants; Northeastern United States; Northern Forest

Indexed keywords

AVES; GALLIFORMES;

EID: 0030758856     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3802179     Document Type: Article

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