Influence of cover and food resource variation on post-breeding bird use of timber harvests with residual canopy trees

Wilson Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 122, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 545-555

  McDermott, Molly E ^a   Wood, Petra Bohall ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; BASAL AREA; BIRD; BREEDING POPULATION; CLEARCUTTING; FOREST CANOPY; GRANIVORY; HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT USE; INSECTIVORE; MOLT; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SURVIVAL; TIMBER HARVESTING;

APPALACHIANS; UNITED STATES; WEST VIRGINIA;

AVES;

EID: 77956067414     PISSN: 15594491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1676/09-050.1     Document Type: Article

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