Prescribed fire effects on wintering, bark-foraging birds in Northern Arizona

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 695-700

  Pope, Theresa L ^a   Block, William M ^a   Beier, Paul ^b  

^a ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arizona; Bark foraging birds; Hairy woodpecker; Picoides villosus; Prescribed fire; Pygmy nuthatch; Sitta carolinensis; Sitta pygmaea; White breasted nuthatch; Winter

Indexed keywords

BARK; BEETLE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; FOREST FIRE; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; OVERWINTERING; PASSERINE; POPULATION DENSITY; PRESCRIBED BURNING;

ARIZONA; UNITED STATES;

AVES; COLEOPTERA; PICOIDES VILLOSUS; PINUS PONDEROSA; SCOLYTINAE; SITTA CAROLINENSIS; SITTA PYGMAEA; SITTIDAE;

EID: 72649106756     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/2007-537     Document Type: Article

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