Do the size and landscape context of forest openings influence the abundance and breeding success of shrubland songbirds in southern New England?

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 250, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 137-147

  Askins, Robert A ^a   Zuckerberg, Benjamin ^a   Novak, Leah ^a  

^a The Holleran Center for Community Action and Public Policy   (United States)

Author keywords

Area sensitivity; Blue winged Warbler; Clearcuts; Early successional birds; Habitat fragmentation; Landscape context; Shrubland birds

Indexed keywords

FARMS; FORESTRY; HARVESTING; LAND USE; TIMBER; VEGETATION;

AREA SENSITIVITY; BLUE-WINGED WARBLER; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LANDSCAPE CONTEXT; SHRUBLAND BIRDS; TIMBER HARVESTING;

BIRDS;

ABUNDANCE; CLEARCUTTING; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LANDSCAPE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SHRUBLAND; SONGBIRD; TIMBER HARVESTING;

BIRDS; FORESTRY; HARVESTING; LAND USE;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

AVES; PASSERI; PIPILO ERYTHROPHTHALMUS; VERMIVORA PINUS;

EID: 34548804947     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2007.05.009     Document Type: Article

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