Floristics and avian community structure: Implications for regional changes in eastern forest composition

Forest Science

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 267-272

  Rodewald, Amanda D ^a   Abrams, Marc D ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Foraging behavior; Forest birds; Maple; Oak

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEMS; FORGING; POPULATION STATISTICS;

ARTHOPODS;

FORESTRY;

ACER; ARTHROPODA; AVES; GALLIFORMES; PICIDAE; QUERCUS; SAPINDACEAE;

EID: 0036587190     PISSN: 0015749X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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