Selection of vertebrate wildlife indicators for monitoring sustainable forest management in Ontario

Forestry Chronicle

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 241-248

  McLaren, Margaret A ^a   Thompson, Ian D ^b   Baker, James A ^a  

^a ONTARIO MINISTRY OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Canada)

^b LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGY; CANADA; DISTRIBUTION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; MONITORING; SAMPLING; SPECIES ABUNDANCE; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUSTAINABLE FOREST; VERTEBRATE WILDLIFE INDICATOR;

BIODIVERSITY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; INDICATOR SPECIES; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CANADA; ONTARIO;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031838401     PISSN: 00157546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5558/tfc74241-2     Document Type: Article

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