Breeding bird assemblages inhabiting riparian buffer strips in Newfoundland, Canada

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 167-179

  Whitaker, Darroch M ^a,b   Montevecchi, William A ^b  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Abies balsamea; Balsam fir; Birds; Boreal forest; Buffer strip; Clearcutting; Conservation; Neotropical migrants; Newfoundland; Riparian

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; BREEDING POPULATION; BUFFER ZONE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; RIPARIAN ZONE;

CANADA; NEWFOUNDLAND;

ABIES BALSAMEA;

EID: 0032965790     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3802498     Document Type: Article

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