Avian response to removal of a forest dominant: Consequences of hemlock woolly adelgid infestations

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 29, Issue 10-11, 2002, Pages 1505-1516

  Tingley, Morgan W ^a   Orwig, David A ^a   Field, Rebecca ^a,b   Motzkin, Glenn ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Avian communities; Bird surveys; Black throated green warbler; Connecticut; Eastern hemlock; Exotic pest; Forest disturbance; Hemlock woolly adelgid; Hooded warbler; Multivariate analysis; New England; Point counts

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

UNITED STATES;

ADELGES; ADELGIDAE; ANIMALIA; AVES; BAEOLOPHUS; BAEOLOPHUS BICOLOR; BLACKBURNIA; CAROLINENSIS; CATHARUS; CATHARUS GUTTATUS; CONIUM; CONIUM MACULATUM; CONTOPUS VIRENS; DENDROICA; DENDROICA FUSCA; DENDROICA VIRENS; EMPIDONAX; EMPIDONAX VIRESCENS; GALLIFORMES; HEMIPTERA; IMPLETA; MOLOTHRUS; MOLOTHRUS ATER; PARUS BICOLOR; SITTA; SITTA CAROLINENSIS; TSUGA; TSUGA CANADENSIS; VIREO; VIREO OLIVACEUS; WILSONIA CITRINA;

EID: 0036816315     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2699.2002.00789.x     Document Type: Article

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