Responses of bird communities to early successional habitat in a managed landscape

Wilson Bulletin

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 292-298

  Yahner, Richard H ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AVIFAUNA; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; CONSERVATION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HABITAT CREATION; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUCCESSION;

NORTH AMERICA; PENNSYLVANIA; UNITED STATES;

AVES; INDIGOFERA; PASSERINA CYANEA; POPULUS; QUERCUS; SEIURUS; SEIURUS AUROCAPILLUS; SETOPHAGA; SETOPHAGA RUTICILLA; SPIZELLA; SPIZELLA PUSILLA; VIREO; VIREO OLIVACEUS;

EID: 2142660379     PISSN: 00435643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1676/03-018     Document Type: Article

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