Do Blackburnian Warblers select mixed forest? The importance of spatial resolution in defining habitat

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 214, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 358-372

  Young, L ^a,b   Betts, M G ^a   Diamond, A W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^b NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Conifer; Deciduous; Dendroica fusca; Habitat use; Spatial scale

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; PHOTOMAPPING;

BLACKBURNIAN WARBLERS; DECIDUOUS TREES; SILVICULURAL PRACTICES; SPOT MAPPING;

FORESTRY;

HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT USE; MIXED FOREST; PASSERINE; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

BIODIVERSITY; CROWNS; ECOLOGY; HETEROGENEITY; MAPPING; SILVICULTURE; SOFTWOODS; TREES;

CONIFEROPHYTA; DENDRIOCA; DENDROICA FUSCA;

EID: 21444458454     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2005.04.022     Document Type: Article

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