Short-term response of forest birds to experimental clearcut edges

Auk

Volumn 124, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 828-840

  Villard, Marc André ^a   Schmiegelow, Fiona K A ^b   Trzcinski, M Kurtis ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONCTON   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Edge effects; Field experiment; Forest landscape; Forest management; Habitat fragmentation; Spot mapping; Vegetation gradients

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FOREST; BREEDING SEASON; CLEARCUTTING; COLONIZATION; DETECTION METHOD; EDGE EFFECT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FIELD METHOD; FOREST DYNAMICS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LOCAL EXTINCTION; SONGBIRD;

ALBERTA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

AVES; DENDROICA CORONATA; DENDROICA VIRENS; EMPIDONAX MINIMUS; OPORORNIS; OPORORNIS PHILADELPHIA; SEIURUS; SEIURUS AUROCAPILLUS; VIREO OLIVACEUS; ZONOTRICHIA ALBICOLLIS;

EID: 34547746402     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1642/0004-8038(2007)124[828:SROFBT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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