Aspen patch and migratory bird relationships in the northern Yellowstone ecosystem

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1411-1425

  Hollenbeck, Jeff P ^a   Ripple, William J ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aspen; Bird migration; Interception; Patch orientation; Populus tremuloides; Yellowstone National Park

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOREACTOR; BIRD; BREEDING SEASON; DICOTYLEDON; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; MIGRATORY POPULATION; NESTING BEHAVIOR; RESIDENT POPULATION; SPECIES RICHNESS; THEORETICAL STUDY; UNGULATE;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK;

AVES; POPULUS TREMULOIDES; UNGULATA;

EID: 35348975608     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10980-007-9120-8     Document Type: Article

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