An explanation of patterns of breeding bird species richness and density following clearcutting in northeastern USA forests

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 174, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 541-564

  Keller, J K ^a,b   Richmond, M E ^a   Smith, C R ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b Habitat by Design   (United States)

Author keywords

Clearcutting; Density; Forest management; Guilds; Leaf area; Modeling; Neotropical forest birds; Northern hardwoods; Richness; Succession

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; TIMBER; VEGETATION;

BREEDING BIRDS;

FORESTRY;

AVIFAUNA; CLEARCUTTING; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST MANAGEMENT; POPULATION DENSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

UNITED STATES;

AVES; HEXAPODA;

EID: 0037450627     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(02)00074-9     Document Type: Article

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