Effects of fuel reduction on birds in pitch pine-scrub oak barrens of the United States

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 261, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 10-18

  King, David I ^a   Schlossberg, Scott ^a   Brooks, Robert T ^a   Akresh, Michael E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Avian; Fire; Forest; Risk; Shrub; Thinning

Indexed keywords

AVIAN; BIRD SPECIES; CANOPY TREES; CROWN FIRES; DECIDUOUS FOREST; FOREST; FUEL REDUCTION; HUMAN LIVES; MATURE FOREST; PITCH PINE; PLANT COMMUNITIES; SHRUB; SHRUB SPECIES; SHRUBLANDS; THINNING;

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEMS; FIRES; FUELS; POPULATION STATISTICS;

BIRDS;

ABUNDANCE; AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL SURVEY; BIRD; DECIDUOUS FOREST; FOREST CANOPY; FUELWOOD; PLANT COMMUNITY; RISK FACTOR; SAVANNA; SHRUBLAND; THINNING; WILDFIRE;

UNITED STATES;

AVES; PINUS CARIBAEA;

EID: 78149469275     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2010.08.039     Document Type: Article

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