Bird-vegetation relationships in southeastern British Columbia

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 189-197

  Schwab, Francis E ^a   Simon, Meal P P ^b   Sinclair, Anthony R E ^c  

^a Department of Physics   (Canada)

^b Newfoundland and Labrador Department of Natural Resources   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Birds; Canonical correspondence analysis; Douglas fir; Generalized linear models; Habitat; Southeastern British Columbia

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIRD; BREEDING POPULATION; NESTING SUCCESS; SUCCESSION; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

AGROPYRON; AVES; CONIFEROPHYTA; FESTUCA; POACEAE; PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII; STIPA;

EID: 33646483806     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0022-541X(2006)70[189:BRISBC]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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