Songbird response to experimental retention harvesting in red pine (Pinus resinosa) forests

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 255, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 3621-3631

  Atwell, Ryan C ^a   Schulte, Lisa A ^a   Palik, Brian J ^b  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Avian ecology; Biodiversity; Minnesota; Partial overstory retention; Restoration; Structural complexity; Timber harvesting

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; HARVESTING; RESTORATION; TIMBER;

AVIAN ECOLOGY; PARTIAL OVERSTORY RETENTION; STRUCTURAL COMPLEXITY; TIMBER HARVESTING;

FORESTRY;

ABUNDANCE; BIOLOGICAL SURVEY; BREEDING POPULATION; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONIFEROUS FOREST; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HARVESTING; SONGBIRD; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

BIODIVERSITY; FORESTRY; HARVESTING; RESTORATION;

CHIPPEWA NATIONAL FOREST; MINNESOTA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

AVES; DENDROICA PENSYLVANICA; DENDROICA PINUS; DENDROICA VIRENS; OPORORNIS; OPORORNIS PHILADELPHIA; PASSERI; PASSERIFORMES; PHEUCTICUS LUDOVICIANUS; PINUS RESINOSA; SEIURUS; SEIURUS AUROCAPILLUS; SPIZELLA;

EID: 42649084659     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2008.02.049     Document Type: Article

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