Survival of Adult Songbirds in Boreal Forest Landscapes Fragmented by Clearcuts and Natural Openings

Survival of Adult Songbirds in Boreal Forest Landscapes Fragmented by Clearcuts and Natural Openings

There exists little information on demographic responses of boreal songbirds to logging. We conducted a 4-yr (2003-2006) songbird mark-recapture study in western Newfoundland, where land cover is a naturally heterogeneous mosaic of productive spruce-fir forest, stunted taiga, and openings such as bo...

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Main Authors: Darroch M. Whitaker, Philip D. Taylor, Ian G. Warkentin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Resilience Alliance 2008-06-01
Series:Avian Conservation and Ecology
Subjects:
boreal forest
clearcutting
demographics
forest management
mark-recapture
resilience
songbirds
apparent survival
transience.
Online Access:http://www.ace-eco.org/vol3/iss1/art5/

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