Avian use of early successional habitats: Are regenerating forests, utility right-of-ways and reclaimed surface mines the same?

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 236, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 76-84

  Bulluck, Lesley P ^a   Buehler, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Avian community; Avian conservation; Bird abundance; Discriminant function analysis; Early successional habitats; Post breeding season; Reclaimed coal surface mines; Regenerating clearcuts; Utility right of way

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; LAND USE; RECLAMATION; VEGETATION;

AVIAN CONSERVATION; DISCRIMINANT FUNCTION ANALYSIS; FORBS; RECLAIMED COAL SURFACE MINES;

FORESTRY;

BIRD; BREEDING SITE; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; CONSERVATION PLANNING; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; HABITAT TYPE; LAND USE; MINE; RECLAIMED LAND; REGENERATION; TIMBER HARVESTING; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

BIODIVERSITY; BIRDS; BREEDING; FORESTRY; GRASSES; LAND USE; PLANTS; RECLAMATION;

APPALACHIAN PLATEAU; APPALACHIANS; CUMBERLAND PLATEAU; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

AVES;

EID: 33750633477     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2006.08.337     Document Type: Article

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