The influence of local habitat and landscape composition on cavity-nesting birds in a forested mosaic

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 214, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 331-343

  Warren, Tara L ^a   Betts, Matthew G ^b   Diamond, Antony W ^a   Forbes, Graham J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^b Hugh John Flemming Forestry Centre   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cavity nesting birds; Chickadee; Forest management; Landscape composition; Woodpecker

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COMPOSITION; ECOSYSTEMS; LANDFORMS; VEGETATION;

CAVITY-NESTING; LANDSCAPES; SAPSUCKERS; WOODPECKERS;

FORESTRY;

FOREST MANAGEMENT; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HABITAT USE; HOME RANGE; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; NEST SITE;

BIODIVERSITY; BIRDS; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; FORMULATIONS; PLANTS;

AVES; COLAPTES AURATUS; PARIDAE; PICOIDES PUBESCENS; PICOIDES VILLOSUS; SITTA CANADENSIS; SPHYRAPICUS VARIUS;

EID: 21444445851     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2005.04.017     Document Type: Article

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