Response of breeding songbirds to vegetation management in conifer plantations established in boreal mixedwoods

Forestry Chronicle

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 217-224

  Zimmerman, Gregory ^a   Bell, F Wayne ^b   Woodcock, John ^c   Palmer, Aaron ^d   Paloniemi, Jorma ^b  

^a LAKE SUPERIOR STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ONTARIO FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c Thunder Cape Bird Observatory   (Canada)

^d LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ecological inertia; Forest vegetation management; Singing male avian communities

Indexed keywords

BIRD SPECIES; BOREAL MIXEDWOODS; CONIFER PLANTATIONS; ECOLOGICAL INERTIA; FOREST VEGETATION MANAGEMENT; GIS LAYERS; POST TREATMENT; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SINGING MALE AVIAN COMMUNITIES; VEGETATION CLASS; VEGETATION MANAGEMENT;

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; BIRDS; FORESTRY;

VEGETATION;

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; BOREAL FOREST; BREEDING POPULATION; CONIFEROUS TREE; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; FOREST COVER; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GIS; MALE BEHAVIOR; MIXED FOREST; PLANTATION; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SONGBIRD; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

AVES; CONIFEROPHYTA; PASSERI;

EID: 79960015590     PISSN: 00157546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5558/tfc2011-009     Document Type: Review

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