Effects of forest management on density, survival, and population growth of wood thrushes

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 11-23

  Powell, Larkin A ^a,b   Lang, Jason D ^a   Conroy, Michael J ^a   Krementz, David G ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUBUQUE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Density; Forest management; Hylocichla mustelina; Neotropical migrant songbird; Radiotelemetry; Survival; Transect surveys; Wood thrush

Indexed keywords

FOREST MANAGEMENT; PASSERINE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION GROWTH; SURVIVAL;

GEORGIA; PIEDMONT NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE; UNITED STATES;

HYLOCHICHLA MUSTELINA; PICOIDES BOREALIS;

EID: 0033977657     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3802970     Document Type: Article

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