Effects of ice storm-created gaps on forest breeding bird communities in central Vermont

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 186, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 133-145

  Faccio, Steven D ^a  

^a Box 532   (United States)

Author keywords

Breeding birds; Forest canopy gaps; Ice storm; Northern hardwoods; Vermont

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; ICE; LAND USE; STORMS;

FOREST LANDS; ICE STORMS;

ECOLOGY;

AVIFAUNA; BREEDING POPULATION; CANOPY GAP; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DISTURBANCE; ICE STORM;

APPALACHIANS; GREEN MOUNTAIN NATIONAL FOREST; GREEN MOUNTAINS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; VERMONT;

AVES; BLACKBURNIA; DENDROICA FUSCA; JUNCO; JUNCO HYEMALIS; SEIURUS AUROCAPILLUS; TROGLODYTES TROGLODYTES; VIREO;

EID: 0344928088     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(03)00232-9     Document Type: Article

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