Factors influencing Acadian flycatcher nesting success in an intensively managed forest landscape

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 532-538

  Hazler, Kirsten R ^a,c   Amacher, Andrew J ^a,d   Lancia, Richard A ^a   Gerwin, John A ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA MUSEUM OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acadian flycatcher; Core area; Corridors; Ecological trap; Edge effect; Empidonax virescens; Nesting success; Pine plantations; South Carolina; Vegetation structure

Indexed keywords

BIRD; COASTAL PLAIN; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT; HARVESTING; NESTING SUCCESS; STUDY PERSPECTIVE;

NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

EMPIDONAX VIRESCENS; PASSERI; PINUS TAEDA;

EID: 33646687341     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0022-541X(2006)70[532:FIAFNS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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