Alternative conifer release treatments affect small mammals in northwestern Ontario

Forestry Chronicle

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 99-106

  Lautenschlager, R A ^a   Bell, F Wayne ^a   Wagner, Robert G ^a  

^a ONTARIO FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

conifer release; Fallingsnow Ecosystem Project; glyphosate; herbicides; Release ; small mammals; spruce plantation; triclopyr; vegetation management alternatives; Vision ; wildlife habitat

Indexed keywords

CUTTING; DENSITY; HERBICIDE; SMALL MAMMAL;

CANADA, ONTARIO;

BLARINA BREVICAUDA; CLETHRIONOMYS GAPPERI; MICROTUS PENNSYLVANICUS; MUSTELA ERMINEA; PEROMYSCUS MANICULATUS; SOREX ARCTICUS; SOREX CINEREUS; SOREX HOYI; TAMIAS MINIMUS; TAMIAS STRIATUS; ZAPUS HUDSONIUS;

EID: 0030619464     PISSN: 00157546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5558/tfc73099-1     Document Type: Article

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