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Title: Effect of Group-Selection Opening Size on Breeding Bird Habitat Use in a Bottomland Forest

Journal Article · · Ecol.Apps.

Research on the effects of creating group-selection openings of various sizes on breeding birds habitat use in a bottomland hardwood forest of the Upper Coastal Plain of South Carolina. Creation of 0.5-ha group selection openings in southern bottomland forests should provide breeding habitat for some field-edge species in gaps and habitat for forest-interior species and canopy-dwelling forest-edge species between gaps provided that enough mature forest is made available.

Research Organization:
USDA Forest Service, Savannah River, New Ellenton, SC (US)
Sponsoring Organization:
(US)
DOE Contract Number:
AI09-76SR00056
OSTI ID:
807619
Journal Information:
Ecol.Apps., Vol. 11, Issue 6; Other Information: PBD: 1 Dec 2001
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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