Silvicultural use of herbicide in sub-boreal spruce forest: Implications for small mammal population dynamics

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1196-1206

  Sullivan, Thomas P ^a,c   Nowotny, Christopher ^a   Lautenschlager, R A ^b   Wagner, Robert G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b ONTARIO FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c Applied Mammal Research Institute   (Canada)

Author keywords

Clethrionomys gapperi; Conifer release; Forest succession; Glyphosate; Herbicide; Peromyscus maniculatus; Population dynamics; Silviculture; Small mammals; Sub boreal spruce forest

Indexed keywords

FOREST MANAGEMENT; HERBICIDE; MAMMAL; POLLUTION EFFECT; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; PRINCE GEORGE;

CERVIDAE; CLETHRIONOMYS; CLETHRIONOMYS GAPPERI; CONIFEROPHYTA; CRICETINAE; MAMMALIA; MICROTUS; MICROTUS PENNSYLVANICUS; MURIDAE; MUSTELA ERMINEA; MUSTELA FRENATA; MUSTELINAE; PEROMYSCUS MANICULATUS; PICEA; SOREX; SORICIDAE;

EID: 0031756439     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3801983     Document Type: Article

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