Prescribed fire, snag population dynamics, and avian nest site selection

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 255, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 99-105

  Bagne, Karen E ^a,b   Purcell, Kathryn L ^b   Rotenberry, John T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b PACIFIC SOUTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Breeding biology; Cavity nesting birds; Habitat selection; Prescribed fire; Sierra Nevada; Snags

Indexed keywords

BIRDS; FORESTRY; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

CAVITY NESTING BIRDS; HABITAT SELECTION;

FIRES;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIRD; CONIFEROUS FOREST; MIXED FOREST; NEST SITE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRESCRIBED BURNING; SITE SELECTION; SNAG;

BIRDS; FOREST FIRES; FORESTRY;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SIERRA NEVADA [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

AVES; CONIFEROPHYTA; PINUS PONDEROSA;

EID: 38649083095     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2007.08.024     Document Type: Article

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