Avian nest survival in post-logging coastal buffer strips on Prince of Wales Island, Alaska

• Main Author: Sperry, David M.
• Other Authors: George, T. Luke
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt 2006
• Subjects: Nest survival; Forest management; Humboldt State University > Theses > Wildlife Management; Alaska; Logistic-exposure; Prince of Wales Island; Tongass National Forest; Pacific; Parus
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2148/111

I examined the effect of forest buffer width and nest site characteristics on the nest survival of forest birds on Prince of Wales Island, Alaska. During 2002 and 2003, a total of 164 nests of three closed cup (Chestnut-backed Chickadee (Parus rufescens), Red-breasted Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus ruber) a...