The response of boreal forest songbird communities to fire and post-fire harvesting

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 2169-2183

  Morissette, J L ^a,d   Cobb, T P ^b   Brigham, R M ^a   James, P C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c Fish and Wildlife Branch   (Canada)

^d NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIRES; HARVESTING; WOOD;

SONGBIRD COMMUNITIES;

FORESTRY;

AVIFAUNA; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; FOREST FIRE; HARVESTING; SILVICULTURE;

AVES; PARAGNETINA; PASSERI; PINUS BANKSIANA; POPULUS TREMULOIDES;

EID: 0242432467     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x02-134     Document Type: Article

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