Changes in bird communities throughout succession following fire and harvest in boreal forests of western North America: Literature review and meta-analyses

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1299-1318

  Schieck, Jim ^a   Song, Samantha J ^b  

^a ALBERTA RESEARCH COUNCIL   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; FIRE HAZARDS; HARVESTING; METADATA;

BIRD COMMUNITIES; BOREAL FORESTS; FOREST REGENERATION; META ANALYSES;

FORESTRY;

ABUNDANCE; BIRD; BOREAL FOREST; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; DISTURBANCE; HARVESTING; META-ANALYSIS; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUCCESSION; WILDFIRE;

BIRDS; FIRES; FORESTRY; HARVESTING; PICEA;

NORTH AMERICA;

AVES; PASSERI; PHASIANIDAE; PICEA GLAUCA; PICIDAE; POPULUS TREMULOIDES;

EID: 33746506108     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X06-017     Document Type: Article

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