Avian communities on utility rights-of-ways and other managed shrublands in the northeastern United States

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 185, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 193-205

  Confer, John L ^a   Pascoe, Sarah May ^a  

^a ITHACA COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Habitat selection; Nesting success; Rights of way; Shrubland birds; Shrubland management; Succession

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; HERBICIDES; REFORESTATION; VEGETATION;

SHRUBLANDS;

FORESTRY;

AVIFAUNA; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CUTTING; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; HERBICIDE; PRESCRIBED BURNING; RIGHT OF WAY; SHRUBLAND;

(NORTHEAST); UNITED STATES;

AVES; MOLOTHRUS ATER;

EID: 0242578192     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(03)00255-X     Document Type: Conference Paper

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