Songbird diversity and movement in upland and riparian habitats in the boreal mixedwood forest of northeastern Ontario

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1149-1164

  Mosley, Erin ^a,c   Holmes, Stephen B ^b   Nol, Erica ^a  

^a TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b GREAT LAKES FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^c Ontario Parks   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; FOOD PRODUCTS; VEGETATION;

AVIAN BIODIVERSITY; BREEDING PERIOD; MIXEDWOOD FORESTS; RIPARIAN HABITATS;

FORESTRY;

ABUNDANCE; BREEDING SEASON; FOOD AVAILABILITY; HABITAT SELECTION; MOVEMENT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RIPARIAN ZONE; SONGBIRD; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; UPLAND REGION;

BIRDS; FORESTS; INSECTS; PLANTS;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO;

AVES; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; PASSERI;

EID: 33746523745     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X06-010     Document Type: Article

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