Open AccessBird Populations in a Cottonwood Community, Grand Teton National Park
Author(s) -
Kenneth L. Diem
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
annual report
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2693-2407
pISSN - 2693-2385
DOI - 10.13001/uwnpsrc.1983.2373
Subject(s) - pinus contorta , willow , woodland , nearctic ecozone , national park , balsam , picea engelmannii , geography , floodplain , salicaceae , cypress , habitat , forestry , ecology , woody plant , biology , botany , taxonomy (biology)
This study was initiated in 1980 to collect baseline information on the composition, density, distribution and habitat of the avifauna of the Narrowleaf Cottonwood, (Populus angustifolia) and Balsam Poplar, (Populus tacamabacca) community on a portion of the western floodplain of Pilgrim Creek. This cottonwood community has scattered trees of quaking aspen, (Populus tremuloides), engelman spruce, (Picea engelmannii) and lodgepole pine, (Pinus contorta). In restricted moister areas, several patches of alder, (Alnus incana) occur under the larger trees and a few patches of willow, (Salix sp.) are located in the wetter openings of that woodland.