Options for managing early-successional forest and shrubland bird habitats in the northeastern United States

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 185, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 179-191

  DeGraaf, Richard M ^a   Yamasaki, Mariko ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Disturbance dependent species; Early successional habitats; Even age management; Opening size; Silvicultural systems

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; BIODIVERSITY; FLOODS; REGENERATORS; WIND;

SHRUBLAND;

FORESTRY;

AVIFAUNA; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DISTURBANCE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; SHRUBLAND; SILVICULTURE; SUCCESSION;

(NORTHEAST); UNITED STATES;

AVES; CASTOR CANADENSIS; CASTORIDAE;

EID: 0242578244     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(03)00254-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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