A half-century comparison of breeding birds in the Southern Appalachians

Condor

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 268-277

  Haney, J Christopher ^a   Lee, David S ^b   Wilbert, Mark ^c  

^a Wilderness Society Washington DC   (United States)

^b Research Laboratory   (United States)

^c Wilderness Society   (United States)

Author keywords

Avifaunal structure; Forest birds; Long term comparisons; Ranked abundances; Southern Appalachians; Unicoi Mountains

Indexed keywords

CORVUS BRACHYRHYNCHOS; MELOSPIZA MELODIA; MOLOTHRUS ATER; PASSERINA CYANEA;

EID: 0035003367     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1650/0010-5422(2001)103[0268:AHCCOB]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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