Seasonal forest-patch use by birds in fragmented landscapes of south-central Pennsylvania

Wilson Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 119, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 410-418

  Keller, Gregory S ^a,b   Yahner, Richard H ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EASTERN NEW MEXICO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL SURVEY; BREEDING SEASON; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; MIGRATION; PASSERINE; PATCH SIZE; PATCH USE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SONGBIRD; SURVIVORSHIP;

NORTH AMERICA; PENNSYLVANIA; UNITED STATES; VALLEY AND RIDGE PROVINCE;

AVES; CONTOPUS VIRENS; DRYOCOPUS PILEATUS; DUMETELLA CAROLINENSIS; HELMITHEROS; HYLOCICHLA; HYLOCICHLA MUSTELINA; MELOSPIZA; MELOSPIZA MELODIA; PIPILO ERYTHROPHTHALMUS; PIRANGA OLIVACEA; TURDUS MIGRATORIUS; VIREO OLIVACEUS;

EID: 34748863575     PISSN: 15594491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1676/04-034.1     Document Type: Article

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