Associations of breeding birds with fire-influenced and riparian-upland gradients in a longleaf pine ecosystem

Auk

Volumn 123, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1110-1128

  Allen, Jennifer C ^a,c   Krieger, Sharlene M ^b   Walters, Jeffrey R ^a   Collazo, Jaime A ^b  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Breeding birds; Fire; Longleaf pine; Pinus palustris; Riparian habitat

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIODIVERSITY; BIRD; BREEDING SITE; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; FIRE HISTORY; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; SPECIES RICHNESS; SWAMP; UPLAND REGION; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

FORT BRAGG; NORTH AMERICA; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

AIMOPHILA AESTIVALIS; AVES; GEOTHLYPIS TRICHAS; HYLOCICHLA MUSTELINA; PICOIDES BOREALIS; PINUS PALUSTRIS; PIPILO; PIPILO ERYTHROPHTHALMUS; SEIURUS AUROCAPILLUS;

EID: 33750458036     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1642/0004-8038(2006)123[1110:AOBBWF]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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