The relationship between shelterwood cuts and crown thinnings and the abundance and distribution of birds in a southern New England forest

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 258, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 314-322

  Goodale, Eben ^a   Lalbhai, Punit ^a   Goodale, Uromi M ^a   Ashton, P M S ^a  

^a Yale University   (United States)

Author keywords

Avian diversity; Crown thinnings; Shelterwoods; Southern New England

Indexed keywords

AVIAN DIVERSITY; BIRD COMMUNITIES; BIRD DISTRIBUTION; BIRD SPECIES; CROWN THINNINGS; FOREST REGENERATION; FORESTRY PRACTICES; IMPROVEMENT TECHNIQUE; MANAGED FOREST; MATURE FOREST; NEW ENGLAND; SEEDLING REGENERATION; SHELTERWOOD CUT; SHELTERWOOD TREATMENTS; SHELTERWOODS; SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STRUCTURAL DIVERSITY; THINNINGS;

BIODIVERSITY; BIRDS;

FORESTRY;

ABUNDANCE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; REGENERATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; THINNING;

BIODIVERSITY; BIRDS; CONSERVATION; FORESTRY; HARVESTING; REFORESTATION; SILVICULTURE; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION;

NEW ENGLAND; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

AVES;

EID: 67349217105     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2009.04.020     Document Type: Article

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