Does expected future landscape condition support proposed population objectives for boreal birds?

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 312, Issue , 2014, Pages 28-39

  Mahon, C Lisa ^a,b   Bayne, Erin M ^b   Sólymos, Péter ^b   Matsuoka, Steven M ^b   Carlson, Matthew ^c   Dzus, Elston ^d   Schmiegelow, Fiona K A ^b   Song, Samantha J ^a,b  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c ALCES Landscape and Land Use Limited   (Canada)

^d Alberta Pacific Forest Industries Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bird Conservation Regions; Boreal forest; Land use scenarios; Landscape simulation model; Partners in Flight; Population objectives

Indexed keywords

BIRD CONSERVATION; BOREAL FORESTS; LAND-USE SCENARIO; LANDSCAPE SIMULATION; PARTNERS IN FLIGHT; POPULATION OBJECTIVES;

BIRDS; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONSERVATION; ECOSYSTEMS; ESTIMATION; FORESTRY; LAND USE;

POPULATION STATISTICS;

BIRD; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FOREST COVER; HABITAT; POPULATION DENSITY; PROTECTED AREA; SIMULATION; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

BIRDS; CONSERVATION; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTS; LAND USE;

ALBERTA; CANADA;

AVES;

EID: 84888127769     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2013.10.025     Document Type: Article

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