Bird communities are affected by amount and dispersion of vegetation retained in mixedwood boreal forest harvest areas

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 126, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 239-254

  Schieck, Jim ^a   Stuart Smith, Kari ^b   Norton, Michael ^c  

^a ALBERTA RESEARCH COUNCIL   (Canada)

^b Alberta Pacific Forest Industries Inc   (Canada)

^c Alberta Conservation Association   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bird communities, Harvest; Mixedwood boreal forest; Residual trees; Structured cut blocks

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; BOREAL FOREST; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; DISPERSION;

EID: 0034628455     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(99)00088-2     Document Type: Article

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