Forestry thinning in commercial conifer plantations has little effect on bird species richness and breeding abundance

Bird Study

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 137-141

  Calladine, John ^a   Humphreys, Elizabeth M ^a   Strachan, Fiona ^b   Jardine, David C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^b Highland Birchwoods   (United Kingdom)

^c Ae Village   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BREEDING; CONIFEROUS TREE; PLANTATION; POPULATION GROWTH; SPECIES RICHNESS; VEGETATION;

AVES; CONIFEROPHYTA;

EID: 66249114022     PISSN: 00063657     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00063650802681698     Document Type: Article

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