Cedar Infestation Impacts Avian Communities along the Niobrara River Valley, Nebraska

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 529-536

  Frost, January S ^a   Powell, Larkin A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Avian community; Eastern red cedar; Forest management; Savanna management

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HABITAT RESTORATION; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HABITAT TYPE; RIPARIAN FOREST; SAVANNA; SONGBIRD; SPECIES RICHNESS;

NEBRASKA; NIOBRARA RIVER; UNITED STATES;

AVES; JUNIPERUS; JUNIPERUS VIRGINIANA; PASSERI; PASSERINA CYANEA; PIPILO; SEIURUS; SEIURUS AUROCAPILLUS; TROGLODYTES; TROGLODYTES AEDON; VIREO OLIVACEUS;

EID: 79956295860     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: 1526100X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-100X.2009.00618.x     Document Type: Article

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