Bird communities following high-severity fire: Response to single and repeat fires in a mixed-evergreen forest, Oregon, USA

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 257, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1496-1504

  Fontaine, Joseph B ^a   Donato, Daniel C ^a   Robinson, W Douglas ^a   Law, Beverly E ^a   Kauffman, J Boone ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Avian; Biscuit Fire; Klamath Siskiyou; Mediterranean; Mixed severity; Reburn

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIRDS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATOLOGY; DISASTERS; FORESTRY; LAND USE; OCEAN HABITATS;

AVIAN; BISCUIT FIRE; KLAMATH-SISKIYOU; MEDITERRANEAN; MIXED SEVERITY; REBURN;

FIRES;

BASAL AREA; BIRD; BROAD-LEAVED FOREST; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; CONIFEROUS FOREST; ECOREGION; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST FIRE; HABITAT TYPE; LAND MANAGEMENT; MIXED FOREST; POPULATION DENSITY; SHRUB; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES RICHNESS;

BIODIVERSITY; BIRDS; DISASTERS; ECOLOGY; FOREST FIRES; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY; LAND USE; METEOROLOGY;

CALIFORNIA; KLAMATH-SISKIYOU; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

AVES; CONIFEROPHYTA;

EID: 59749098451     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2008.12.030     Document Type: Article

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