Forest management and temporal effects on food abundance for a ground-foraging bird (Catharus guttatus)

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 258, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1516-1527

  Johnston, Jason C ^a   Holberton, Rebecca L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Araneae; Carabidae; Catharus guttatus; Food abundance; Forest management; Seasonal

Indexed keywords

ARANEAE; CARABIDAE; CATHARUS GUTTATUS; FOOD ABUNDANCE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; SEASONAL;

APARTMENT HOUSES; BUILDINGS; ECOLOGY; HARDWOODS; HARVESTING; MANAGEMENT; OCEAN HABITATS;

FORESTRY;

ABUNDANCE ESTIMATION; ARTHROPOD; BIRD; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; FOREST MANAGEMENT; MICROHABITAT; PITFALL TRAP; SAMPLING; SEASONAL VARIATION; TAXONOMY; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

BIRDS; BREEDING; BUILDINGS; ECOLOGY; FOOD; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HARDWOODS; HARVESTING; SHELTERWOOD;

MAINE; NORTH AMERICA; PENOBSCOT EXPERIMENTAL FOREST; UNITED STATES;

ABIES; ARANEAE; ARTHROPODA; AVES; CARABIDAE; CATHARUS GUTTATUS; COLEOPTERA; CONIUM; CURCULIONIDAE; FORMICIDAE; HEMIPTERA; PICEA; STAPHYLINIDAE;

EID: 68949154449     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2009.07.012     Document Type: Article

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