Differential response of bird functional traits to post-fire salvage logging in a boreal forest ecosystem

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 220-229

  Azeria, Ermias T ^a   Ibarzabal, Jacques ^b   Hébert, Christian ^a   Boucher, Jonathan ^b   Imbeau, Louis ^c   Savard, Jean Pierre L ^d  

^a LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À CHICOUTIMI   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC EN ABITIBI TÉMISCAMINGUE   (Canada)

^d ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bird communities; Boreal forest; Disturbance; Fourth corner analysis; Post fire salvaging; RLQ; Trait habitat links

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIRD; BOREAL FOREST; DISTURBANCE; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FUNCTIONAL ROLE; HABITAT TYPE; INSECTIVORE; MICROHABITAT; NESTING; PRESCRIBED BURNING;

AVES;

EID: 79953747939     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actao.2011.02.005     Document Type: Article

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