Importance of habitat type classifications for predicting ruffed grouse use of areas for drumming

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 259, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1464-1471

  Felix Locher, Alexandra ^a,b   Campa III, Henry ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Aspen; Forest planning; Habitat model; Habitat types; Michigan; Ruffed grouse

Indexed keywords

FOREST MANAGEMENT; FOREST PLANNING; FOREST STAND; HABITAT MODEL; HABITAT SUITABILITY; HABITAT TYPE; HABITAT USE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION MODELS; MICHIGAN; NORTHERN HARDWOODS; POPULUS SPP; QUERCUS SPP; RANDOM LOCATION; SITE CHARACTERISTICS; SITE CONDITIONS; TEMPORAL CHANGE; VEGETATION CATEGORIES; VEGETATION TYPE;

FORESTRY; PLANNING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SURVEYS; VEGETATION;

ECOLOGY;

AGE CLASS; AZIMUTH; BIOLOGICAL SURVEY; DECIDUOUS FOREST; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GAMEBIRD; GIS; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; HABITAT TYPE; HABITAT USE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SITE CHARACTERIZATION; SUCCESSION;

ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; FORESTS; MICHIGAN; PLANNING; PLANTS; POPULUS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

MICHIGAN; UNITED STATES; UPPER PENINSULA;

BONASA UMBELLUS; POPULUS; QUERCUS; TETRAONIDAE;

EID: 77649272972     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2010.01.020     Document Type: Article

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