Nest-site selection by cavity-nesting birds in relation to postfire salvage logging

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 257, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 151-159

  Saab, Victoria A ^a   Russell, Robin E ^a   Dudley, Jonathan G ^b  

^a ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Colaptes auratus; Melanerpes lewis; Picoides spp.; Salvage logging; Sialia spp.; Wildfire; Woodpeckers

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; FIRES; FORESTRY; HARVESTING; LANDFORMS; LOCATION; LOGGING (FORESTRY); OCEAN HABITATS; SITE SELECTION; TIMBER;

COLAPTES AURATUS; MELANERPES LEWIS; PICOIDES SPP.; SALVAGE LOGGING; SIALIA SPP.; WILDFIRE; WOODPECKERS;

BIRDS;

BIRD; CONIFEROUS FOREST; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; LOGGING (TIMBER); NEST SITE; NESTING; SITE SELECTION; TIMBER HARVESTING; WILDFIRE;

BIRDS; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; FIRES; FOREST FIRES; FORESTRY; FORESTS; HARVESTING; LOGGING;

IDAHO; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

AVES; COLAPTES AURATUS; MELANERPES LEWIS; PICIDAE; PICOIDES; PICOIDES ARCTICUS; PICOIDES VILLOSUS; SIALIA; SIALIA CURRUCOIDES; SIALIA MEXICANA;

EID: 56449118495     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2008.08.028     Document Type: Article

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