Short-term breeding bird response to two harvest practices in a bottomland hardwood forest

Wilson Bulletin

Volumn 116, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 314-323

  Harrison, Charles A ^a   Kilgo, John C ^a  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BIRD; BREEDING POPULATION; CLEARCUTTING; SPECIES RICHNESS;

NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

AVES; GALLIFORMES;

EID: 13944273086     PISSN: 00435643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1676/04-050     Document Type: Article

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