Spruce grouse decline in maturing lowland boreal forests of New York

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 359, Issue , 2016, Pages 118-125

  Ross, Angelena M ^a   Johnson, Glenn ^b   Gibbs, James P ^c  

^a NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT POTSDAM   (United States)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Adirondack; Boreal forest; Habitat use; New York; Radio telemetry; Spruce grouse

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; LANDFORMS; POPULATION STATISTICS; VEGETATION;

ADIRONDACK; BOREAL FORESTS; HABITAT USE; NEW YORK; RADIO TELEMETRY; SPRUCE GROUSE;

FORESTRY;

BOREAL FOREST; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT USE; HOME RANGE; PATCH DYNAMICS; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION SIZE; RADIOTELEMETRY; SHRUB; SUCCESSION;

NEW YORK [NEW YORK (STT)]; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

ABIES BALSAMEA; AVES; CONIFEROPHYTA; DENDRAGAPUS CANADENSIS; FALCIPENNIS CANADENSIS; LARIX LARICINA; SPHAGNUM; TETRAONIDAE;

EID: 84943567372     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2015.09.039     Document Type: Article

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