Success of migratory songbirds breeding in harvested boreal forests of northwestern Newfoundland

Condor

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 314-325

  Dalley, Kate L ^a   Taylor, Philip D ^a   Shutler, Dave ^a  

^a ACADIA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Boreal forest; Breeding success; Forest harvest; Passerines; Productivity; Spatial scale

Indexed keywords

AVES; DENDROICA CORONATA; DENDROICA STRIATA; PASSERI; ZONOTRICHIA ALBICOLLIS;

EID: 67650299753     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/cond.2009.080104     Document Type: Article

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