Residual patches and their contribution to forest-bird diversity on northern Minnesota Aspen clearcuts

Conservation Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 190-199

  Merrill, Samuel B ^a,b   Cuthbert, Francesca J ^a   Oehlert, Gary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b Training Site Environmental Office   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD DIVERSITY; CLEARCUT; CONSERVATION VALUE; FOREST FRAGMENT;

USA, MINNESOTA;

AVES; CATHARUS FUSCESCENS; DENDROICA VIRENS; GALLIFORMES; PHEUCTICUS LUDOVICIANUS; SEIURUS AUROCAPILLUS; WILSONIA CANADENSIS;

EID: 0031956718     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1739.1998.96067.x     Document Type: Article

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