Bird-habitat relationships in grand fir forests of the Blue Mountains, Oregon

Forest Science

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 489-502

  Sallabanks, Rex ^a,b   Riggs, Robert A ^c,d   Cobb, Lynda E ^d   Dodson, Steven W ^e,f  

^a Sustainable Ecosystems Institute   (United States)

^b IDAHO DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME   (United States)

^c Boise Cascade Corporation   (United States)

^d Forest Capital Partners ^*  (United States)

^e Boise Cascade Corporation   (United States)

^f Forest Capital Partners LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Abies grandis; Akaike's information criterion; Avian abundance; Breeding bird communities; Forest fragmentation; Forest management; Habitat models; Information theoretic approach; Neotropical migratory birds; Stand structure

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OCEAN HABITATS;

AKAIKE'S INFORMATION CRITERION; AVIAN ABUNDANCE; BREEDING BIRD COMMUNITIES; FOREST FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT MODELS; INFORMATION-THEORETIC APPROACH; NEOTROPICAL MIGRATORY BIRDS; STAND STRUCTURE;

FORESTRY;

ABIES GRANDIS; FOREST CANOPY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY;

ABIES; ABIES GRANDIS; AVES;

EID: 33751111422     PISSN: 0015749X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/forestscience/52.5.489     Document Type: Article

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