Nest predation in and adjacent to cutblocks with variable tree retention

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 136, Issue 1-3, 2000, Pages 147-157

  Tittler, Rebecca ^a   Hannon, Susan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Artificial nests; Boreal forest; Nest predation; Partial harvesting; Tree retention

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CLEARCUTTING; FOREST MANAGEMENT; NEST PREDATION;

CANADA;

EID: 0034308281     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(99)00289-3     Document Type: Article

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