Composition of high-elevation breeding bird assemblages and environmental correlates in the southern Blue Ridge Province

Scott M. Pearson

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Composition of high-elevation breeding bird assemblages and environmental correlates in the southern Blue Ridge Province

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Scott M. Pearson

Year:

2010

Type:

Other

Station:

Northern Research Station

Source:

In: Rentch, James S.; Schuler, Thomas M., eds. 2010. Proceedings from the conference on the ecology and management of high-elevation forests in the central and southern Appalachian Mountains. 2009 May 14-15; Slatyfork, WV. Gen. Tech. Rep. NRS-P-64. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station: 219.

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Abstract

Climatic and landscape change threaten to alter the distribution, abundance, and quality of wildlife habitats in the Appalachians. Knowledge of habitat associations and potential responses to these forces of change will be necessary for informed management and conservation of high-elevation communities.

Parent Publication

Proceedings from the conference on the ecology and management of high-elevation forests in the central and southern Appalachian Mountains

Citation

Pearson, Scott M. 2010. Composition of high-elevation breeding bird assemblages and environmental correlates in the southern Blue Ridge Province. In: Rentch, James S.; Schuler, Thomas M., eds. 2010. Proceedings from the conference on the ecology and management of high-elevation forests in the central and southern Appalachian Mountains. 2009 May 14-15; Slatyfork, WV. Gen. Tech. Rep. NRS-P-64. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station: 219.