Response of birds to thinning young Douglas-fir forests

Ecological Applications

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1222-1232

  Hayes, John P ^a   Weikel, Jennifer M ^a   Huso, Manuela M P ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Birds; Douglas fir; Forest management; Habitat; Information theory; Silviculture; Thinning

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; FOREST MANAGEMENT; SILVICULTURE; THINNING; VERTEBRATE;

NORTH AMERICA; OREGON; UNITED STATES;

ABIES; AVES; CERTHIA; CERTHIA AMERICANA; COCCOTHRAUSTES; COCCOTHRAUSTES VESPERTINUS; CONIFEROPHYTA; DENDROICA; DENDROICA NIGRESCENS; EMBERIZINAE; EMPIDONAX; EMPIDONAX DIFFICILIS; EMPIDONAX HAMMONDII; FRINGILLIDAE; IXOREUS NAEVIUS; MYADESTES; MYADESTES TOWNSENDI; PICIDAE; PICOIDES; PICOIDES VILLOSUS; PIRANGA; PIRANGA LUDOVICIANA; PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII; REGULUS SATRAPA; SATRAPA; TRIXIS; TURDIDAE; TURDUS; TURDUS MIGRATORIUS; VERTEBRATA; VIREO; VIREO GILVUS; VIREO HUTTONI; VIREONIDAE;

EID: 0346269251     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/02-5068     Document Type: Article

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