Bird communities in hemiboreal old-growth forests: The roles of food supply, stand structure, and site type

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 262, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1541-1550

  Rosenvald, Raul ^a   Lõhmus, Asko ^b   Kraut, Ann ^b   Remm, Liina ^b  

^a ESTONIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Estonia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Coarse woody debris; Food supply; Hole nester; Snail; Stand structure; Woodpeckers

Indexed keywords

COARSE WOODY DEBRIS; HOLE-NESTER; SNAIL; STAND STRUCTURES; WOODPECKERS;

BIODIVERSITY; DEBRIS; ECOLOGY; FOOD SUPPLY; FORESTRY; POPULATION STATISTICS; TIMBER;

BIRDS;

BOREAL FOREST; COARSE WOODY DEBRIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOOD SUPPLY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY PRODUCTION; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; SNAIL; SPECIES RICHNESS; STAND STRUCTURE; WILD POPULATION; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

ESTONIA;

AVES; GASTROPODA; HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA; PICIDAE; VACCINIUM;

EID: 80051825062     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2011.07.002     Document Type: Article

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