Response of woodpeckers to changes in forest health and harvest: Implications for conservation of avian biodiversity

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 259, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 958-966

  Drever, Mark C ^a   Martin, Kathy ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Forest birds; Indicators; Mountain pine beetle; Trembling aspen; Variable retention; Woodpeckers

Indexed keywords

AVIAN BIODIVERSITY; BEETLE-KILLED PINE; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CONTROL SITES; DOUGLAS FIR; FOREST CONDITIONS; FOREST HEALTH; FOREST SITES; HABITAT VARIABLES; HIGH DENSITY; LODGEPOLE PINE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES; MONITORING AND MANAGEMENT; MOUNTAIN PINE BEETLE; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; POSITIVE EFFECTS; SPECIES RICHNESS; TREE SPECIES; TREMBLING ASPEN;

BIODIVERSITY; FORESTRY; HARVESTING; LANDFORMS;

BIRDS;

ABUNDANCE; BEETLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOINDICATOR; BIRD; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HABITAT CONSERVATION; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; POPULATION DENSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

BIODIVERSITY; BIRDS; FORESTRY; FORESTS; HARVESTING; INDICATORS; INSECTS; LAND; PINUS; POPULUS TREMULOIDES; PSEUDOTSUGA; RETENTION; TREES;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA;

ABIES; AVES; COLEOPTERA; PICIDAE; PINUS CONTORTA; PINUS MUGO; PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII;

EID: 74449093466     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2009.11.038     Document Type: Article

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