Bird assemblage response to restoration of fire-suppressed longleaf pine sandhills

Ecological Applications

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 134-147

  Steen, David A ^a,b,e   Conner, L M ^a   Smith, Lora L ^a   Provencher, Louis ^c   Hiers, J Kevin ^d   Pokswinski, Scott ^a   Helms, Brian S ^b   Guyer, Craig ^b  

^a JOSEPH W JONES ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

^d AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^e VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, USA; Longleaf pine; Nonmetric multidimensional scaling; Occupancy modeling; Picoides borealis; Pinus palustris; Prescribed fire; Red cockaded Woodpecker

Indexed keywords

BIRD; CONIFEROUS FOREST; CONIFEROUS TREE; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; HABITAT RESTORATION; HERBICIDE; HILL; PRESCRIBED BURNING; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SAND; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

AVES; PICOIDES BOREALIS; PINUS PALUSTRIS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FIRE; PHYSIOLOGY; PINE;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FIRES; PINUS;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84875801324     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/12-0197.1     Document Type: Article

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