Effects of forest roads on habitat quality for Ovenbirds in a forested landscape

Auk

Volumn 116, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 937-946

  Ortega, Yvette K ^a,b   Capen, David E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; EDGE EFFECT; FOREST; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT QUALITY; ROAD; TERRITORY;

UNITED STATES; VERMONT;

AVES; SEIURUS; SEIURUS AUROCAPILLUS;

EID: 0032697510     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4089673     Document Type: Article

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