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Predicting Nest Success From Habitat Features In Aspen Forests Of The Central Rocky Mountains, H.M. Struempf, D.M. Finch, G. Hayward, S. Anderson
Predicting Nest Success From Habitat Features In Aspen Forests Of The Central Rocky Mountains, H.M. Struempf, D.M. Finch, G. Hayward, S. Anderson
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We collected nesting data on bird use of aspen stands in the Routt and Medicine Bow National Forests between 1987 and 1989. We found active nest sites of 28 species of small nongame birds on nine study plots in undisturbed aspen forests. We compared logistic regression models predicting nest success (at least one nestling) from nest-site or stand-level habitat predictors. Most common species used nest sites in aspen trees in forest interior locations (distance to edge >100 m), with dense trees (opening >100 m away) despite no apparent positive correlation with use of these habitat features and nest success rates. …
Aspen Restoration In The Blue Mountains Of Northeast Oregon, D.M. Shirley, V. Erickson
Aspen Restoration In The Blue Mountains Of Northeast Oregon, D.M. Shirley, V. Erickson
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Predation Risk And Elk-Aspen Foraging Patterns, C.A. White, M.C. Feller
Predation Risk And Elk-Aspen Foraging Patterns, C.A. White, M.C. Feller
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Elk-aspen foraging patterns may be influenced by cover type, distance from roads or trails, the type of user on road or trail (park visitor, human hunter, or predator), and two general states of aspen condition (open-grown or thicket). Pellet group and browse utilization transects in the Canadian Rockies showed that elk were attracted to roads used by park visitors and avoided by wolves, and that elk possibly avoided aspen and conifer patches near backcountry trails used by wolves. In high predation risk landscapes, aspen stands were dense, lightly browsed, and rarely entered by elk. As risk decreased, elk density and …