Short-term response of songbirds to experimental thinning of young Douglas-fir forests in the Oregon Cascades

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 199, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 333-347

  Hagar, Joan ^a,c   Howlin, Shay ^b   Ganio, Lisa ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WESTERN ECOSYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY INC   (United States)

^c FOREST AND RANGELAND ECOSYSTEM SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bird communities; Bird species diversity; Commercial thinning; Forest management; Oregon Cascades

Indexed keywords

LATE-SERAL HABITATS; SONGBIRDS; STRUCTURAL DIVERSITY;

BIODIVERSITY; DENSITY MEASUREMENT (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); ESTIMATION; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT;

FORESTRY;

AVIFAUNA; CONIFEROUS FOREST; FOREST MANAGEMENT; SILVICULTURE; SONGBIRD; SPECIES DIVERSITY; THINNING;

DENSITY MEASUREMENT; FORESTS; PSEUDOTSUGA; SOFTWOODS; THINNING;

CASCADE RANGE; NORTH AMERICA; OREGON; UNITED STATES;

ABIES; AVES; CONIFEROPHYTA; GALLIFORMES; PASSERI; PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII;

EID: 4444246743     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2004.05.054     Document Type: Article

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