Effects of selection cutting on bird communities in contiguous eastern hardwood forests

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 51-60

  Jobes, Andrew P ^a   Nol, Erica ^a   Voigt, Dennis R ^b  

^a TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ONTARIO MINISTRY OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Algonquin Provincial Park; Bird communities; Forestry; Habitat structure; Ontario; Single tree selection cutting; Tolerant hardwood forests

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HARVESTING; SILVICULTURE;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO;

AVES; DENDROICA CAERULESCENS; DENDROICA PENSYLVANICA; GALLIFORMES; OPORORNIS; OPORORNIS PHILADELPHIA; SEIURUS; SEIURUS AUROCAPILLUS; SPHYRAPICUS; SPHYRAPICUS VARIUS; ZONOTRICHIA; ZONOTRICHIA ALBICOLLIS;

EID: 1642517450     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0022-541X(2004)068[0051:EOSCOB]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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