Avian response to bottomland hardwood reforestation: The first 10 years

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 645-655

  Twedt, Daniel J ^a   Wilson, R Randy ^a   Henne Kerr, Jackie L ^b   Grosshuesch, David A ^a  

^a PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b Crown Vantage   (United States)

Author keywords

Birds; Bottomland; Colonization; Density; Forest; Hardwood; Neotropical migrants; Reforestation; Restoration

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; COLONIZATION; REFORESTATION;

UNITED STATES;

AGELAIUS PHOENICEUS; AVES; COLINUS VIRGINIANUS; INDIGOFERA; PASSERINA CYANEA; POPULUS; POPULUS DELTOIDES; QUERCUS; SPIZA AMERICANA; STURNELLA MAGNA; TURDUS MERULA; VIREO GILVUS;

EID: 0036928013     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1526-100X.2002.01045.x     Document Type: Article

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