Thresholds in nesting habitat requirements of an old forest specialist, the Brown Creeper (Certhia americana), as conservation targets

Biological Conservation

Volumn 141, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1129-1137

  Poulin, Jean François ^a   Villard, Marc André ^a   Edman, Mattias ^a,b   Goulet, Pierre J ^a   Eriksson, Anna Maria ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONCTON   (Canada)

^b MID SWEDEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Certhia americana; Conservation targets; Ecological thresholds; Northern hardwood forest; ROC analysis; Selection harvesting

Indexed keywords

BREEDING POPULATION; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HARVESTING; NEST SITE; NESTING; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; PASSERINE; SITE SELECTION; SPECIALIST; SPECIES CONSERVATION; THRESHOLD;

CANADA; NEW BRUNSWICK; NORTH AMERICA;

AVES; CERTHIA AMERICANA; CERTHIIDAE;

EID: 41949099757     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2008.02.012     Document Type: Article

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