The influence of wildfire, logging and residual tree density on bird communities in the northern Rocky Mountains

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 231, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 1-17

  Stuart Smith, A Kari ^a   Hayes, John P ^a   Schieck, Jim ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ALBERTA RESEARCH COUNCIL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biological legacies; Bird community; Disturbance; Fire; Forest management; Residual trees; Rocky Mountains

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATOLOGY; FORESTRY; HARVESTING;

BIOLOGICAL LEGACIES; BIRD COMMUNITY; DISTURBANCE; RESIDUAL TREES;

FIRE PROTECTION;

ABUNDANCE; BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; LOGGING (TIMBER); SONGBIRD; SPECIES RICHNESS; SURVEY; WILDFIRE;

BIODIVERSITY; FOREST FIRES; FOREST MANAGEMENT; MOUNTAINS; ROCKY MOUNTAINS;

NORTH AMERICA; ROCKY MOUNTAINS;

ABIES LASIOCARPA; AVES; CONIFEROPHYTA; PASSERI; PICEA; PICEA ENGELMANNII;

EID: 33745900260     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2006.02.053     Document Type: Article

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