Roads as edges: Effects on birds in forested landscapes

Forest Science

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 381-390

  Ortega, Yvette K ^a   Capen, David E ^a  

^a USDA Forest Service Forestry Science Lab   (United States)

Author keywords

Forest edges; Nest predation; Territory distribution; Vermont

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY;

HABITATS;

FORESTRY;

AVES;

EID: 0036587334     PISSN: 0015749X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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