Bird communities of early-successional burned and logged forest

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1418-1429

  Schulte, Lisa A ^a   Niemi, Gerald J ^a  

^a Natural Resources Research Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Avian ecology; Boreal forest; CCA; Forest fire; Logging; Minnesota; Point count; Populus tremuloides

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FIRE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; LOGGING;

MINNESOTA; UNITED STATES;

ACER RUBRUM; CORVUS BRACHYRHYNCHOS; DENDROICA PENSYLVANICA; DENDROICA VIRENS; GEOTHLYPIS TRICHAS; MELOSPIZA LINCOLNII; MELOSPIZA MELODIA; MELOSPIZSA MELODIA; MOLOTHRUS ATER; OPORORNIS AGILIS; SPIZELLA PALLIDA; TROGLODYTES AEDON; VERMIVORA RUFICAPILLA;

EID: 0031788853     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3802008     Document Type: Article

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