Ovenbird (Seiurus aurocapilla) territory placement near seismic lines is influenced by forest regeneration and conspecific density;Le positionnement des territoires de la paruline couronnée (Seiurus aurocapilla) près des lignes sismiques est influencé par la régénération forestière et la densité des conspécifiques

Avian Conservation and Ecology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Lankau, Hedwig E ^a   Bayne, Erin M ^a   Machtans, Craig S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bird territory mapping; Boreal forest; Canada; Landmarks; Ovenbird (Seiurus aurocapilla); Regeneration; Seismic lines

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879759841     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17126568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ACE-00596-080105     Document Type: Article

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