Breeding bird species richness associated with a powerline right-of-way in a northern mixed forest landscape

Canadian Field-Naturalist

Volumn 113, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 598-604

  Morneau, François ^a   Doucet, G Jean ^b   Giguère, Michel ^b   Laperle, Marcel ^c  

^a INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN IMMUNOLOGY AND CANCER   (Canada)

^b HYDRO QUÉBEC   (Canada)

^c Hydro Québec ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

Breeding bird; Edge effect; Forest fragmentation; Mixed forest; Powerline right of way; Quebec; Species richness

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AVIFAUNA; BREEDING POPULATION; EDGE EFFECT; POWER LINE; SPECIES RICHNESS;

CANADA;

AVES; DENDROICA PENSYLVANICA; MNIOTILTA VARIA;

EID: 0033208424     PISSN: 00083550     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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