Influence of conventional and chemical thinning on stand structure and diversity of plant and mammal communities in young lodgepole pine forest

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 170, Issue 1-3, 2002, Pages 173-187

  Sullivan, Thomas P ^a   Sullivan, Druscilla S ^a   Lindgren, Pontus M F ^a   Boateng, Jacob O ^b  

^a Applied Mammal Research Institute   (Canada)

^b RESEARCH BRANCH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Glyphosate herbicide; Lodgepole pine; Pre commercial thinning; Small mammal communities; Species diversity; Stand structure; Understory vegetation

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEMS; PLANTS (BOTANY); VEGETATION;

SILVICULTURE PRACTICES;

FORESTRY;

HABITAT USE; HERBIVORE; MAMMAL; SILVICULTURE; STAND STRUCTURE; THINNING; UNDERSTORY;

CANADA;

ALCES ALCES; CERVIDAE; LEPUS; LEPUS AMERICANUS; MAMMALIA; ODOCOILEUS; ODOCOILEUS HEMIONUS; PINUS CONTORTA;

EID: 0037109086     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(01)00775-7     Document Type: Article

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