Forest stand characteristics altered by restoration affect Western Bluebird habitat quality

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 653-661

  Wightman, Catherine S ^a   Germaine, Stephen S ^b  

^a ARIZONA GAME AND FISH DEPARTMENT   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE   (United States)

Author keywords

Forest restoration; Gambel oak; Habitat quality; Ponderosa pine; Sialia mexicana; Western Bluebird

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT LOSS; HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT RESTORATION; NESTING SUCCESS; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SONGBIRD; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

INVERTEBRATA; PASSERI; PINUS PONDEROSA; QUERCUS GAMBELII; SIALIA; SIALIA MEXICANA;

EID: 33751027515     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: 1526100X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-100X.2006.00177.x     Document Type: Article

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