Bird response to fire severity and repeated burning in upland hardwood forest

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 304, Issue , 2013, Pages 80-88

  Greenberg, Cathryn H ^a   Waldrop, Thomas A ^a   Tomcho, Joseph ^b   Phillips, Ross J ^a   Simon, Dean ^c  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission   (United States)

^c North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission   (United States)

Author keywords

Breeding birds; Burn severity; Fire surrogate; Fuel reduction; Prescribed fire; Repeated burn

Indexed keywords

BURN SEVERITY; FIRE SURROGATES; FUEL REDUCTION; PRESCRIBED FIRES; REPEATED BURN;

BIRDS; CONSERVATION; ECOSYSTEMS; FIRES; HARDWOODS; LANDFORMS;

FORESTRY;

AVIFAUNA; BREEDING POPULATION; CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; FIRE MANAGEMENT; FOREST FIRE; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; POPULATION DENSITY; PRESCRIBED BURNING; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SNAG; SPECIES RICHNESS; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

BIRDS; CONSERVATION; ECOSYSTEMS; FIRES; FORESTRY; HARDWOODS;

AVES;

EID: 84878368766     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2013.04.035     Document Type: Article

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