Bird abundance and diversity across a hardwood gradient within early seral plantation forest

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 261, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1372-1381

  Ellis, Tana M ^a   Betts, Matthew G ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bird diversity; Clearcut; Early seral forest; Ecological thresholds; Hardwood; Intensive forest management; Tree plantations

Indexed keywords

BIRD DIVERSITY; CLEARCUT; EARLY SERAL FOREST; ECOLOGICAL THRESHOLDS; INTENSIVE FOREST MANAGEMENT; TREE PLANTATIONS;

BIODIVERSITY; BIRDS; ECOSYSTEMS; HARDWOODS; VEGETATION;

FORESTRY;

ABUNDANCE; BIODIVERSITY; BREEDING POPULATION; BREEDING SITE; CLEARCUTTING; CONIFEROUS TREE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ELEVATION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; NEOTROPIC ECOZONE; PLANTATION FORESTRY; POPULATION DECLINE; SHRUB; SONGBIRD; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

BIODIVERSITY; BIRDS; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; HARDWOODS; PLANTATIONS; PLANTS; TREES;

PACIFIC NORTHWEST;

AVES; PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII;

EID: 79952040223     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2011.01.018     Document Type: Article

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