Woodpeckers as reliable indicators of bird richness, forest health and harvest

Biological Conservation

Volumn 141, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 624-634

  Drever, Mark C ^a   Aitken, Kathryn E H ^a   Norris, Andrea R ^a   Martin, Kathy ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Facilitator species; Forest management; Lodgepole pine; Mountain pine beetle

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BEETLE; BIRD; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; CONIFEROUS TREE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FOREST HEALTH; POPULATION DENSITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

AVES; COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA; PICIDAE; PINUS CONTORTA; PINUS MUGO;

EID: 40149092925     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2007.12.004     Document Type: Article

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