Bird communities in thinned versus unthinned sierran mixed conifer stands

Wilson Bulletin

Volumn 115, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 155-165

  Siegel, Rodney B ^a   DeSante, David F ^a  

^a Institute for Bird Populations   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; BREEDING POPULATION; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CONIFEROUS FOREST; NESTING SUCCESS; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SIERRA NEVADA [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

AVES; CEANOTHUS; CEANOTHUS INTEGERRIMUS; CERVIDAE; CONIFEROPHYTA; GALLIFORMES;

EID: 0346009213     PISSN: 00435643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1676/02-103     Document Type: Article

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