Ruffed grouse brood habitat use in a mixed hardwood forest: Implications for forest management in the Appalachians

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 255, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 3580-3588

  Jones, Benjamin C ^a,b   Kleitch, Jennifer L ^a,c   Harper, Craig A ^a   Buehler, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b Pennsylvania Game Commission   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Appalachians; Bonasa umbellus; Broods; Forest management; Habitat use; Home range; Invertebrates; Ruffed grouse

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; HARDWOODS; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

BONASA UMBELLUS; BROODS; HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT USE; HOME RANGE; RUFFED GROUSE;

FORESTRY;

FOREST MANAGEMENT; GAMEBIRD; GROUND COVER; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT USE; HOME RANGE; LIMITING FACTOR;

FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTS; HARDWOODS; INVERTEBRATES;

APPALACHIANS; NORTH AMERICA; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

BONASA UMBELLUS; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 42649132803     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2008.02.019     Document Type: Article

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