Thirty years of post-fire succession in a southern boreal forest bird community

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 159, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 421-433

  Haney, Alan ^a   Apfelbaum, Steven ^b   Burris, John M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN STEVENS POINT   (United States)

^b Applied Ecological Services Inc   (United States)

^c U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL SURVEY; BIRD; BOREAL FOREST; CONIFEROUS FOREST; FOREST COVER; FOREST FIRE; SUCCESSION; WOODY DEBRIS;

MINNESOTA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

AVES; CATHARUS FUSCESCENS; CATHARUS USTULATUS; CERTHIA AMERICANA; DENDROICA CASTANEA; DENDROICA FUSCA; DENDROICA MAGNOLIA; DENDROICA PENSYLVANICA; EMPIDONAX MINIMUS; MAGNOLIACEAE; MNIOTILTA; MNIOTILTA VARIA; OPORORNIS; OPORORNIS PHILADELPHIA; PICEA MARIANA; PICIDAE; PINUS BANKSIANA; SEIURUS; SEIURUS AUROCAPILLUS; SPIZELLA; SPIZELLA PASSERINA; VERMIVORA RUFICAPILLA; VIREO; VIREO OLIVACEUS; ZONOTRICHIA ALBICOLLIS;

EID: 42449148659     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031(2008)159[421:TYOPSI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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