Stand structure and breeding birds: Implications for restoring ponderosa pine forests

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1157-1165

  Kalies, Elizabeth L ^a   Rosenstock, Steven S ^b  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA GAME AND FISH DEPARTMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Arizona; avian community; diameter cap; forest management; habitat relationships; occupancy modeling; Pinus ponderosa; ponderosa pine

Indexed keywords

BREEDING; CANOPY; FOREST FIRE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GRAZING; HABITAT; NESTING; PASSERINE; SPECIES RICHNESS; STAND DYNAMICS; STAND STRUCTURE; THINNING; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

ARIZONA; UNITED STATES;

AVES; PASSERI; PINUS PONDEROSA;

EID: 84880829397     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: 19372817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jwmg.577     Document Type: Article

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