Long-term effects of rights-of-way maintenance via the wire-border zone method on bird nesting ecology

Journal of Arboriculture

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 288-293

  Yahner, Richard H ^a   Ross, Bradley D ^a   Yahner, Richard T ^b   Hutnik, Russell J ^a   Liscinsky, Stephen A ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Breeding birds; Handcutting; Herbicides; Nesting ecology; Rights of way; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; HERBICIDE; MAINTENANCE; MOWING; NESTING BEHAVIOR; RIGHT OF WAY;

ALLEGHENY MOUNTAINS; ALLEGHENY PLATEAU; APPALACHIAN PLATEAU; APPALACHIANS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

AVES; PIPILO; PIPILO ERYTHROPHTHALMUS;

EID: 4444379040     PISSN: 02785226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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