Distribution and relative abundance of forest birds in relation to burn severity in southeastern Arizona

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1005-1012

  Kirkpatrick, Chris ^a   Conway, Courtney J ^a   Jones, Patricia B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Arizona; Birds; Burn severity; Fire suppression; Forest fire; J. T. Marshall Jr.

Indexed keywords

BIRD; FIRE MANAGEMENT; FOREST FIRE; MONTANE FOREST; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE;

ARIZONA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

AVES; CONTOPUS PERTINAX; CONTOPUS SORDIDULUS; DENDROICA GRACIAE; SITTA CANADENSIS; TROGLODYTES AEDON; VIREO GILVUS;

EID: 33749002830     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0022-541X(2006)70[1005:DARAOF]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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