Managed forests and migratory bird populations: Evaluating spatial configurations through simulation

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 162, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 155-175

  Goldstein, Michael I ^a,b   Corson, Michael S ^a,c   Lacher Jr , Thomas E ^a   Grant, William E ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Connectivity; Habitat fragmentation; Industrial forestry; Neotropical migrant birds; Spatially explicit simulation

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; MIGRATORY SPECIES; SIMULATION; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUCCESSION;

AVES; PINUS ECHINATA; PINUS TAEDA;

EID: 0037386914     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3800(03)00005-X     Document Type: Article

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