Do mature forest birds prefer early-successional habitat during the post-fledging period?

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 264, Issue , 2012, Pages 1-9

  Chandler, Carlin C ^a   King, David I ^a   Chandler, Richard B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Area sensitivity; Distance sampling; Fruit; Mist netting; Pre basic molt; Pre migration

Indexed keywords

AREA SENSITIVITY; DISTANCE SAMPLING; MIST-NETTING; PRE-BASIC MOLT; PRE-MIGRATION;

BIRDS; ECOSYSTEMS; FRUITS; VEGETATION;

REFORESTATION;

ABUNDANCE; AVIFAUNA; CLEARCUTTING; CONSERVATION PLANNING; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HABITAT USE; LIFE CYCLE; NEST SITE; NESTING BEHAVIOR; POPULATION DENSITY; SHRUB; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SUCCESSION;

NEW HAMPSHIRE; UNITED STATES; WHITE MOUNTAIN NATIONAL FOREST;

AVES;

EID: 80054985893     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2011.09.018     Document Type: Article

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