Forestry thinning in commercial conifer plantations has little effect on bird species richness and breeding abundance

Author(s): Calladine, J., Humphreys, E.M., Strachan, F. & Jardine, D.C.

Published: January 2009

Journal: Bird Study Volume: 56

Digital Identifier No. (DOI): 10.1080/00063650802681698

Abstract

Capsule: Levels of thinning practised in upland Scotland are insufficient to permit the development of ground vegetation and shrub layers that might enhance some breeding bird populations.

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Forestry thinning in commercial conifer plantations has little effect on bird species richness and breeding abundance

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