Bird communities and vegetation associations across a treeline ecotone in the Mealy Mountains, Labrador, which is an understudied part of the boreal forest

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Zoology
• Main Authors: Lewis, Keith P., Starzomski, Brian M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 2015
• Subjects: Animal Science and Zoology; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Canada; Mealy Mountains; Subarctic; Tundra
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/cjz-2014-0309; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/full-xml/10.1139/cjz-2014-0309; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/cjz-2014-0309

We examined the factors structuring bird communities across a complex subarctic treeline in the Mealy Mountains, Labrador, Canada. Using point counts of bird abundance in 2007 and 2008, we show that changes in vegetation driven by elevation are strongly correlated with avian community structure in t...