Modeling the effects of environmental disturbance on wildlife communities: Avian responses to prescribed fire

Ecological Applications

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1253-1263

  Russell, Robin E ^a,e   Royle, J Andrew ^b   Saab, Victoria A ^a   Lehmkuhl, John F ^c   Block, William M ^d   Sauer, John R ^b  

^a ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^d ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^e Wildlife Division   (United States)

Author keywords

Composite analysis; Fuel treatments; Hierarchical Bayes; Point count survey; Ponderosa pine; Presence absence data; Species richness; WinBUGS

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; BIRD; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; CONIFEROUS FOREST; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; INSECTIVORE; LAND MANAGEMENT; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; PRESCRIBED BURNING; SOFTWARE; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIRD; ECOSYSTEM; FIRE; PHYSIOLOGY; PONDEROSA PINE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TREE;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; ECOSYSTEM; FIRES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PINUS PONDEROSA; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TREES;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

AVES; CARDUELIS PINUS; NUCIFRAGA COLUMBIANA; PICOIDES ARCTICUS; PINUS PONDEROSA; TURDUS MIGRATORIUS;

EID: 68149147597     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/08-0910.1     Document Type: Article

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