Short-and long-term implications of clearcut and two-age silviculture for conservation of breeding forest birds in the central Appalachians, USA

ME McDermott, PB Wood - Biological Conservation, 2009‏ - Elsevier
Two-age (deferment or leave tree) harvesting is used increasingly in even-aged forest
management, but long-term responses of breeding avifauna to retention of residual canopy …

Influence of cover and food resource variation on post-breeding bird use of timber harvests with residual canopy trees

ME McDermott, PB Wood - The Wilson Journal of …, 2010‏ - meridian.allenpress.com
We investigated avian use of clearcuts and two-age harvests during the post-breeding
period in 2006 in the central Appalachians, West Virginia, USA with an information-theoretic …

Threshold responses of songbirds to long-term timber management on an active industrial forest

DA Becker, PB Wood, PD Keyser, TB Wigley… - Forest Ecology and …, 2011‏ - Elsevier
Forest managers often seek to balance economic benefits from timber harvesting with
maintenance of habitat for wildlife, ecosystem function, and human uses. Most research on …

Post-breeding bird responses to canopy tree retention, stand size, and edge in regenerating Appalachian hardwood stands

ME McDermott, PB Wood - Forest Ecology and Management, 2011‏ - Elsevier
Avian use of even-aged timber harvests is likely affected by stand attributes such as size,
amount of edge, and retained basal area, all characteristics that can easily be manipulated …

[PDF][PDF] Effects of silvicultural practices on bird communities in deciduous forests of eastern and central North America

S Haulton - A Literature Review with Recommendations for …, 2008‏ - indiana.gov
Researchers have reported significant population declines in forest bird species throughout
central and eastern North America (Robbins et al. 1993, Herkert 1995, Thompson 1996 …