Quantifying the multi-scale response of avifauna to prescribed fire experiments in the southwest United States

Ecological Applications

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 608-621

  Dickson, Brett G ^a,b,e   Noon, Barry R ^a   Flather, Curtis H ^c   Jentsch, Stephanie ^d   Block, William M ^b  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^c ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^e NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

BACI design; Birds; Density; Distance sampling; Fire severity; Forest structure; Fuel reduction treatments; Model selection; Ponderosa pine; Prescribed fire; Restoration; Scale

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BREEDING; EVERGREEN TREE; FOREST FIRE; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; STAND STRUCTURE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BIRD; ECOSYSTEM; FIRE; PHYSIOLOGY; PONDEROSA PINE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TREE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIRDS; ECOSYSTEM; FIRES; PINUS PONDEROSA; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TREES;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

AVES; CYANOCITTA STELLERI; PICOIDES VILLOSUS; PINUS PONDEROSA; SIALIA MEXICANA; SITTA PYGMAEA; TURDUS MIGRATORIUS;

EID: 65349099353     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/08-0905.1     Document Type: Article

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