Vegetative and fruit resources as determinants of habitat use by mature-forest birds during the postbreeding period

Auk

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 494-507

  Vitz, Andrew C ^a   Rodewald, Amanda D ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Clearcut; Habitat use; Mature forest birds; Mist netting; Postbreeding

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BREEDING SEASON; CLEARCUTTING; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT USE; NATURAL RESOURCE; PREDATION RISK; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

NORTH AMERICA; OHIO; UNITED STATES;

AVES;

EID: 34249061740     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1642/0004-8038(2007)124[494:VAFRAD]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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