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1999

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Breeding Bird Communities Of A Managed Forest Landscape In Coastal North Carolina: 1999 Report, M. D. Wilson, B. D. Watts Jan 1999

Breeding Bird Communities Of A Managed Forest Landscape In Coastal North Carolina: 1999 Report, M. D. Wilson, B. D. Watts

CCB Technical Reports

Recent concern for the status of North American bird populations has resulted in an escalation of monitoring and management efforts. Much of this effort has been focused on declining forest-dwelling species that migrate between breeding areas in North America and wintering areas in Latin America and the Caribbean. Fragmentation of temperate forests has been shown to negatively affect many of these species by exposing them to higher rates of predation and brood parasitism, resulting in lower productivity and survivorship. Weyerhaeuser Company is the largest private landowner in North Carolina. Because of the extent and geographic location of current landholdings, Weyerhaeuser's …