Resistance of forest songbirds to habitat perforation in a high-elevation conifer forest

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1919-1928

  Leupin, Ernest E ^a   Dickinson, Thomas E ^b   Martin, Kathy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b THOMPSON RIVERS UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; HARVESTING;

HABITAT PERFORATION; HIGH-ELEVATION BIRDS; SONGBIRDS;

FORESTRY;

AVIFAUNA; CONIFEROUS FOREST; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; HARVESTING; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SILVICULTURE; SONGBIRD; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

BIODIVERSITY; BIRDS; BREEDING; FORESTS; HARVESTING;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ABIES; ABIES LASIOCARPA; AVES; CONIFEROPHYTA; JUNCO; JUNCO HYEMALIS; PASSERI; PICEA; PICEA ENGELMANNII; REGULUS SATRAPA; SATRAPA;

EID: 9944250052     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X04-057     Document Type: Article

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