Avian response to microclimate in canopy gaps in a bottomland hardwood forest

Southeastern Naturalist

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 107-120

  Champlin, Tracey B ^a,b   Kilgo, John C ^c   Gumpertz, Marcia L ^a   Moorman, Christopher E ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b USDA Forest Service Southern Research Station ^*  (United States)

^c USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

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EID: 65949105719     PISSN: 15287092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1656/058.008.0110     Document Type: Article

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