Effect of border-edge cuts on birds at woodlot edges in southwestern Pennsylvania

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1430-1437

  Fleming, Kathleen K ^a,b   Giuliano, William M ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Birds; Border edge cuts; Edge species; Farmland; Mayfield nest success; Nest depredation; Nest site selection; Pennsylvania; Shrub nesting; Woodlot edge

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; CUTTING; FOREST EDGE; POPULATION DECLINE;

UNITED STATES;

AVES; GALLIFORMES; SERPENTES;

EID: 0031724781     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3802009     Document Type: Article

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