Edge effects for songbirds vary with forest productivity

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 257, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 665-678

  McWethy, David B ^a   Hansen, Andrew J ^a   Verschuyl, Jacob P ^b  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Birds; Diversity; Edge effects; Forest ecology; Forest management; Fragmentation; Pacific Northwest

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; DIFFERENTIATION (CALCULUS); ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; PRODUCTIVITY; THEOREM PROVING;

DIVERSITY; EDGE EFFECTS; FOREST ECOLOGY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FRAGMENTATION; PACIFIC NORTHWEST;

FORESTRY;

ABUNDANCE; EDGE EFFECT; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY PRODUCTION; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; SLOPE; SONGBIRD; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

BIRDS; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTS; FRAGMENTATION; PRODUCTIVITY;

CASCADE RANGE; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC NORTHWEST; UNITED STATES;

AVES; PASSERI;

EID: 56949104956     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2008.09.046     Document Type: Article

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