Stopover habitats of landbirds during fall: Use of edge-dominated and early-successional forests

Auk

Volumn 121, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1040-1055

  Rodewald, Paul G ^a,b   Brittingham, Margaret C ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; CONSERVATION PLANNING; FOREST EDGE; HABITAT USE; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; SPECIES RICHNESS; STOPOVER;

NORTH AMERICA; PENNSYLVANIA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

AVES;

EID: 7644232202     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4090474     Document Type: Review

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