Effects of Experimental Forest Management on Density and Nesting Success of Bird Species in Missouri Ozark Forests

Conservation Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1324-1337

  Gram, Wendy K ^a   Porneluzi, Paul A ^b   Clawson, Richard L ^c   Faaborg, John ^d   Richter, Stephen C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b Central Methodist University   (United States)

^c MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; FOREST MANAGEMENT; NESTING SUCCESS; POPULATION DENSITY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

UNITED STATES;

AVES; CARYA; DENDROICA DISCOLOR; HELMITHEROS; HELMITHEROS VERMIVORUS; ICTERIA VIRENS; INDIGOFERA; OPORORNIS FORMOSUS; PASSERINA CYANEA; QUERCUS; SEIURUS AUROCAPILLUS; VIREO GRISEUS;

EID: 0141942255     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1739.2003.02171.x     Document Type: Article

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