Songbird response to increased willow (Salix spp.) growth in Yellowstone's northern range

Ecological Applications

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 2283-2296

  Baril, Lisa M ^a,b   Hansen, Andrew J ^a   Renkin, Roy ^b   Lawrence, Rick ^a  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YELLOWSTONE CENTER FOR RESOURCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Diversity; Foliage height diversity; Northern Rocky Mountains; Riparian; Salix spp.; Songbirds; USA; Vegetation structure; Willow communities; Willow dependent birds; Yellowstone National Park

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CANID; CLIMATE CHANGE; DECIDUOUS TREE; GROWTH RATE; HABITAT RESTORATION; RIPARIAN FOREST; SONGBIRD; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOSYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SONGBIRD; TIME; UNITED STATES; WILLOW;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MONTANA; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SALIX; SONGBIRDS; TIME; WYOMING;

ROCKY MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES; YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK;

AVES; CANIS LUPUS; DENDROICA PETECHIA; EMPIDONAX TRAILLII; GEOTHLYPIS TRICHAS; MELOSPIZA; MELOSPIZA LINCOLNII; PASSERI; SALIX; VIREO GILVUS; WILSONIA PUSILLA;

EID: 80051981579     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/10-0169.1     Document Type: Article

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