A possible role for red squirrels in structuring breeding bird communities in lodgepole pine forests

Condor

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 232-238

  Siepielski, Adam M ^a,b  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Bird abundance; Breeding birds; Community structure; Nest predators; Pinus contorta ssp. latifolia; Rocky Mountains; Tamiasciurus hudsonicus

Indexed keywords

AVES; PINUS CONTORTA; SCIURIDAE; TAMIASCIURUS; TAMIASCIURUS HUDSONICUS;

EID: 32344442659     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1650/0010-5422(2006)108[0232:APRFRS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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