Effects of salvage logging of beetle-killed forests on avian species and foraging guild abundance

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1188-1196

  Kroll, Andrew J ^a   Giovanini, Jack ^a   Jones, Jay E ^a   Arnett, Edward B ^b,d   Altman, Bob ^c  

^a Weyerhaeuser NR   (United States)

^b WEYERHAEUSER COMPANY   (United States)

^c American Bird Conservancy   (United States)

^d BAT CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

abundance; birds; foraging guilds; hierarchical models; lodgepole pine; mountain pine beetle; salvage logging

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BEETLE; BREEDING SEASON; CONIFEROUS TREE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; GUILD STRUCTURE; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; HOME RANGE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LOGGING (TIMBER); PASSERINE; POPULATION ESTIMATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

OREGON; UNITED STATES;

AVES; COLEOPTERA; EMPIDONAX WRIGHTII; PICIDAE; PINUS CONTORTA; PINUS MUGO;

EID: 84864616570     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: 19372817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jwmg.353     Document Type: Article

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