Relations of small mammal populations to even-aged shelterwood systems: A comment

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1376-1380

  Smith, Winston P ^a  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Clethrionomys gapperi; Ecological scale; Forest management; Red backed vole; Shelterwood harvest; Small mammals; Spruce forest; Statistical independence

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FOREST MANAGEMENT; SMALL MAMMAL;

CLETHRIONOMYS GAPPERI; MAMMALIA; MURIDAE; PICEA;

EID: 0032706881     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3802857     Document Type: Article

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