Avian community response to pine flatwoods management

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 261, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1928-1935

  Willcox, Emma V ^a   Giuliano, William M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Abundance; Avian; Burning; Grazing; Roller chopping; Species richness

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AVIAN; BURNING; GRAZING; ROLLER CHOPPING; SPECIES RICHNESS;

MAINTENANCE; ROLLERS (MACHINE COMPONENTS); VEGETATION;

FORESTRY;

ABUNDANCE; AVIFAUNA; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; CONIFEROUS TREE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DISTURBANCE; GRASSLAND; GRAZING; GROWING SEASON; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT TYPE; HERB; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; SHRUB; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUCCESSION; VEGETATION TYPE; WOOD; WOODLAND;

UNITED STATES;

AVES;

EID: 79955028604     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2011.02.017     Document Type: Article

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