Comparison of breeding bird and vegetation communities in primary and secondary forests of Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Biological Conservation

Volumn 129, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 302-311

  Simons, Theodore R ^a   Shriner, Susan A ^a,b   Farnsworth, George L ^a,c  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

^c XAVIER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Birds; Detection probability; Great Smoky Mountains National Park; Old growth; Primary forest; Second growth; Secondary forest; Southern appalachians

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; BIRD; FRAGMENTATION; PLANT COMMUNITY; SECONDARY FOREST;

GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

AVES;

EID: 33644558387     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2005.10.044     Document Type: Article

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