Abundance and species composition of amphibians, small mammals, and songbirds in riparian forest buffer strips of varying widths in the boreal mixedwood of Alberta

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1784-1800

  Hannon, Susan J ^a   Paszkowski, Cynthia A ^a   Boutin, Stan ^a   DeGroot, Jordan ^a   Macdonald, S Ellen ^a   Wheatley, Matt ^a   Eaton, Brian R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUACULTURE; BIODIVERSITY; WATER QUALITY;

SPECIES COMPOSITION;

FORESTRY;

AMPHIBIAN; AVIFAUNA; BUFFER ZONE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; RIPARIAN FOREST; SILVICULTURE; SMALL MAMMAL;

CANADA;

AMPHIBIA; AVES; MAMMALIA; PASSERI; PASSERIFORMES; RIPARIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036434964     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x02-092     Document Type: Article

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