Numerical response of breeding birds following experimental selection harvesting in northern hardwood forests;Réponse numérique de huit espèces d'oiseaux nicheurs à la suite d'une coupe de jardinage expérimentale en forêt feuillue septentrionale

Avian Conservation and Ecology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Hache, Samuel ^a   Pétry, Thibaut ^b   Villard, Marc André ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONCTON   (Canada)

Author keywords

BACI design; Bird communities; Forest management; Partial harvesting; Spot mapping

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879744923     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17126568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ACE-00584-080104     Document Type: Article

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