Breeding birds in riparian and upland dry forests of the cascade range

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 71, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 2632-2643

  Lehmkuhl, John F ^a   Burger, E Dorsey ^a,c   Drew, Emily K ^a,d   Lindsey, John P ^a,d   Haggard, Maryellen ^a,e   Woodruff, Kent Z ^b  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^c Baltimore County Department of Environmental Protection and Resource Management   (United States)

^d Washington State Parks Department ^*  (United States)

^e Washington State Parks   (United States)

Author keywords

Birds; Cascade range; Diversity; Forest; Habitat; Indicator species; Pinus ponderosa; Pseudotsuga menziesii; Riparian; Washington

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIRD; BUFFER ZONE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DRY FOREST; PRESCRIBED BURNING; REFUGE; RIPARIAN FOREST; RIPARIAN ZONE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES EVENNESS; THINNING;

CASCADE RANGE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

ABIES; ABIES GRANDIS; AVES; PINUS PONDEROSA; POPULUS TRICHOCARPA; PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII;

EID: 43449093397     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/2007-004     Document Type: Article

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