Residual tree retention ameliorates short-term effects of clear-cutting on some boreal songbirds

Ecological Applications

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1656-1666

  Tittler, R ^a   Hannon, S J ^a   Norton, M R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alberta, Canada; Bird communities; Boreal mixed wood; Clear cut logging; Forest management; Forest songbirds; Neotropical migrants; Partial harvesting; Populus tremuloides; Residual tree retention; Songbird conservation

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CLEARCUTTING; FOREST MANAGEMENT; SONGBIRD; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

ALBERTA; CANADA;

ANIMALIA; AVES; PASSERI; POPULUS TREMULOIDES;

EID: 0035658948     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(2001)011[1656:RTRAST]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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