Anthropogenic edges: Their influence on the American three-toed woodpecker (Picoides dorsalis) foraging behaviour in managed boreal forests of Quebec

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 252, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 191-200

  Gagné, Caroline ^a   Imbeau, Louis ^b   Drapeau, Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC EN ABITIBI TÉMISCAMINGUE   (Canada)

Author keywords

American three toed woodpecker; Boundary; Dispersed clear cuts; Edge effect; Foraging behaviour; Forest fragmentation; Snags

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIRDS;

DISPERSED CLEAR-CUTS; EDGE EFFECT; FOREST FRAGMENTATION; WOODPECKER; WOODY DEBRIS;

FORESTRY;

BIRD; BOREAL FOREST; CLEARCUTTING; CONIFEROUS TREE; EDGE EFFECT; FEEDING GROUND; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; FOREST EDGE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; SNAG; SUBSTRATE; SUBSTRATE PREFERENCE; WOODY DEBRIS;

BIODIVERSITY; BIRDS; FORESTRY;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

AVES; BRYOPHYTA; PICEA MARIANA; PICIDAE; PICOIDES DORSALIS;

EID: 35548997881     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2007.06.039     Document Type: Article

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