| Abstract: | Ruffed grouse (Bonasa umbellus) and American woodcock (Scolopax minor) provide millions of days of recreation each year for people in the eastern United States (U.S). These popular game birds depend on early successional forest habitats throughout much of the year. Ruffed grouse and woodcock populations are declining in the eastern United States as an abundance of shrub-dominated and young forest habitats decrease in most of the region. Continued decreases in early successional forest habitats are likely on nonindustrial private forest lands as ownership fragmentation increases and tract size decreases and on public forest lands due to societal attitudes toward proactive forest management, especially even-age treatments. |
| Genre: | Article |
| ProdID: | 5224069 |
| Citation Author: | Dessecker, D.R.; McAuley, D.G. |
| Citation Contributing Office: | Patuxent Wildlife Research Center |
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| Citation Language: | English |
| Citation Larger Work Title: | Wildlife Society Bulletin |
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| Citation Number Of Pages: | 10 |
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| Citation Phsyical Description: | 456-465 |
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| Citation Publisher: | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service |
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| Citation Search Results Text: | Importance of early successional habitat to ruffed grouse and American woodcock; 2001; Article; Journal; Wildlife Society Bulletin; Dessecker, D.R.; McAuley, D.G. |
| Citation Start Page: | 456 |
| Citation Volume: | 29 |
| Citation Year: | 2001 |
| Type: | citation/reference |
| Text: | Importance of early successional habitat to ruffed grouse and American woodcock; 2001; Article; Journal; Wildlife Society Bulletin; Dessecker, D.R.; McAuley, D.G. |
| URL (THUMBNAIL): | http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/thumbnails/outside_thumb.jpg |
| URL (DOCUMENT): | http://www.jstor.org/stable/3784169 |
| Date Other: | Wed, 16 Jun 2010 12:18 -0500 |
| Publisher: | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service |
