State efforts to promote early-successional habitats on public and private lands in the northeastern United States

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 185, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 169-177

  Oehler, James D ^a,b  

^a Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife   (United States)

^b New Hampshire Fish and Game Department   (United States)

Author keywords

Early successional habitat; Habitat management; Private lands; State agencies

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; HARVESTING; TIMBER;

SHRUBLANDS;

FORESTRY;

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; GRASSLAND; HABITAT CONSERVATION; SHRUBLAND; SUCCESSION; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

(NORTHEAST); UNITED STATES;

EID: 0242493933     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(03)00253-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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