Effects of postfire snag removal on breeding birds of western Labrador

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1464-1469

  Schwab, Francis E ^a   Simon, Neal P P ^b   Stryde, Steven W ^c   Forbes, Graham J ^a  

^a GIS Applications Specialist   (Canada)

^b Newfoundland and Labrador Department of Natural Resources   (Canada)

^c University of New Brunswick ^*

Author keywords

Birds; Fire; Labrador; Salvage logging; Snags; Subarctic forest

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BREEDING POPULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; FOREST FIRE; SNAG;

CANADA; LABRADOR; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR; NORTH AMERICA;

AVES;

EID: 33751037433     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0022-541X(2006)70[1464:EOPSRO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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