Densities of breeding birds and changes in vegetation in an alaskan boreal forest following a massive disturbance by spruce beetles

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 79, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 1678-1690

  Matsuoka, S M ^a   Handel, C M ^a   Ruthrauff, D R ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; VEGETATION;

MORTALITY RATES;

BIODIVERSITY;

AVIFAUNA; BREEDING POPULATION; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; PEST DAMAGE; PLANT COMMUNITY; STAND STRUCTURE;

ALASKA; COPPER RIVER BASIN; UNITED STATES;

ALNUS; ANIMALIA; AVES; BETULACEAE; CALENDULA; COLEOPTERA; DENDROCTONUS RUFIPENNIS; EMPETRUM; EMPETRUM NIGRUM; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; PICEA; PICEA GLAUCA; PICEA MARIANA; POACEAE; REGULUS CALENDULA; SCIURIDAE; TAMIASCIURUS HUDSONICUS;

EID: 0034752722     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z01-130     Document Type: Article

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