Terrestrial liming benefits birds in an acidified forest in the northeast

Ecological Applications

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 2184-2194

  Pabian, Sarah E ^a   Brittingham, Margaret C ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acid deposition; BACI; Calcium; Eggshell; Liming; Ovenbird; Seiurus aurocapilla

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ACID DEPOSITION; CALCIUM; DOLOMITE; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; EGGSHELL; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT QUALITY; LIMING; MITIGATION; PASSERINE; PH; SNAIL;

NORTH AMERICA; PENNSYLVANIA; UNITED STATES;

AVES; GASTROPODA; SEIURUS; SEIURUS AUROCAPILLUS;

CALCIUM; CALCIUM DERIVATIVE; CALCIUM OXIDE; OXIDE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FORESTRY; PH; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SNAIL; SOIL; TREE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; CALCIUM; CALCIUM COMPOUNDS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FORESTRY; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; OXIDES; PENNSYLVANIA; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SNAILS; SOIL; TREES;

EID: 39349110542     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/07-0394.1     Document Type: Article

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