Response of bird communities to selection harvesting in a northern tolerant hardwood forest

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 238, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 280-292

  Holmes, Stephen B ^a   Pitt, Doug G ^a  

^a GREAT LAKES FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

BACI; Bird community response; Forest birds; Northern tolerant hardwoods; Selection harvest

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; HARDWOODS; HARVESTING;

BIRD COMMUNITY RESPONSE; FOREST BIRDS; NORTHERN TOLERANT HARDWOODS; SELECTION HARVEST;

FORESTRY;

ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FOREST; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HABITAT TYPE; PASSERINE; POPULATION DECLINE; SELECTIVE LOGGING; SUCCESSION;

BIRDS; FORESTRY; HARDWOODS; HARVESTING;

AVES; BOMBYCILLA CEDRORUM; CATHARUS FUSCESCENS; DENDROICA CAERULESCENS; DENDROICA MAGNOLIA; DENDROICA PENSYLVANICA; MAGNOLIACEAE; OPORORNIS PHILADELPHIA; SEIURUS AUROCAPILLUS; SETOPHAGA RUTICILLA; TAXUS; TAXUS CANADENSIS; ZONOTRICHIA ALBICOLLIS;

EID: 33845925566     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2006.10.022     Document Type: Article

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