Effect of stand width and adjacent habitat on breeding bird communities in Bottomland hardwoods

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 72-83

  Kilgo, John C ^a,b   Sargent, Robert A ^a,c   Miller, Karl V ^a   Chapman, Brian R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b Southern Research Station   (United States)

^c Air Force Materiel Command   (United States)

Author keywords

Bottomland hardwoods; Breeding birds; Landscape management; Minimum area requirement; South Carolina; Species richness

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BREEDING BIRD; FOREST; SPECIES RICHNESS; STAND WIDTH;

SOUTH CAROLINA; USA;

AVES; CARDINALIS CARDINALIS; EMPIDONAX VIRESCENS; GALLIFORMES; IMPLETA; PARULA AMERICANA; PINUS; POLIOPTILA CAERULEA; RIPARIA; VERTEBRATA; VIREO GRISEUS; VIREO OLIVACEOUS; VIREO OLIVACEUS;

EID: 0031956033     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3802265     Document Type: Article

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