Landscape and vegetation effects on avian reproduction on bottomland forest restorations

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 423-436

  Twedt, Daniel J ^a   Somershoe, Scott G ^a,c   Hazler, Kirsten R ^b   Cooper, Robert J ^b  

^a PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c TENNESSEE WILDLIFE RESOURCES AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Afforestation; Avian colonization; Edge effects; Grassland birds; Landscape effects; Mississippi Alluvial Valley; Nest success; Reforestation; Restoration; Silvicolous birds

Indexed keywords

AFFORESTATION; COLONIZATION; FECUNDITY; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; GRASSLAND; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; NESTING SUCCESS; PASSERINE; POPULATION DENSITY; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEEDLING; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

MISSISSIPPI VALLEY; UNITED STATES;

AGELAIUS; AGELAIUS PHOENICEUS; AVES; ICTERIA VIRENS; PASSERINA CYANEA; SPIZA; SPIZA AMERICANA; VIREO GRISEUS;

EID: 77950196551     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/2008-563     Document Type: Article

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