Habitat selection by Swainson's warblers breeding in loblolly pine plantations in Southeastern Louisiana

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1013-1019

  Bassett Touchell, C Audra ^a,b   Stouffer, Philip C ^a,c  

^a SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Habitat selection; Habitat structure; Limnothlypis swainsonii; Louisiana; Pine plantations; Pinus taeda; Swainson's warbler; Thinning; Vegetation characteristics

Indexed keywords

BREEDING; CONIFEROUS TREE; FOREST; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT STRUCTURE; PASSERINE; PLANTATION;

LOUISIANA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

LIMNOTHLYPIS SWAINSONII; PINUS TAEDA;

EID: 33749025260     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0022-541X(2006)70[1013:HSBSWB]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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