Breeding bird assemblages associated with stages of forest succession in large river floodplains

Natural Areas Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 55-70

  Knutson, Melinda G ^a   McColl, Laura E ^a,b,c   Suarez, Sarah A ^a,d  

^a UPPER MIDWEST ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b Animal Hospital ^*  (United States)

^c Animal Hospital   (United States)

^d IA State Univ of Sci and Technol   (United States)

Author keywords

Bird assemblage; Cottonwood; Floodplain forest; Middle Mississippi River; Young forest

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; BREEDING POPULATION; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; FLOODPLAIN FOREST; POPULATION DENSITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUCCESSION;

MISSISSIPPI RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ACER; ACER SACCHARINUM; ACER SACCHARUM; AGELAIUS PHOENICEUS; AVES; COCCYZUS AMERICANUS; INDIGOFERA; PASSERINA CYANEA; POPULUS; POPULUS DELTOIDES; SACCHARUM HYBRID CULTIVAR; SALIX; SALIX NIGRA; TURDUS MERULA;

EID: 13744263139     PISSN: 08858608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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