Does bird community composition vary along a disturbance gradient in northeast Iowa, USA, forests?

Natural Areas Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 262-273

  Norris, William R ^a   Hemesath, Lisa M ^b   Debinski, Diane M ^c   Farrar, Donald R ^c  

^a WESTERN NEW MEXICO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Marion Soil and Water Conservation District   (United States)

^c IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Birds; Disturbance; Forest; Habitat relationships; Northeast Iowa

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AVIFAUNA; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DISTURBANCE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; SPECIES RICHNESS;

UNITED STATES;

AVES;

EID: 0041312401     PISSN: 08858608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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