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Bird conservation issues in high-elevation (red spruce-fraser fir-northern hardwood) forests of the southern Blue Ridge

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Abstract

The highest elevations in North America east of the Mississippi River are in the southern Blue Ridge of Virginia, North Carolina, and Tennessee. This area supports fauna and flora more characteristic of Canada than anywhere else in the southeast United States. The high-elevation forests are within the High Peaks Region to distinguish them from similar forests of the central Appalachians (Allegheny Mountains of West Virginia and Pennsylvania) and boreal forests of the northeast United States and eastern Canada.

Parent Publication

Citation

Hunter, William C. 2010. Bird conservation issues in high-elevation (red spruce-fraser fir-northern hardwood) forests of the southern Blue Ridge. In: Rentch, James S.; Schuler, Thomas M., eds. 2010. Proceedings from the conference on the ecology and management of high-elevation forests in the central and southern Appalachian Mountains. 2009 May 14-15; Slatyfork, WV. Gen. Tech. Rep. NRS-P-64. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station: 212.
https://www.fs.usda.gov/research/treesearch/36349