The response of mammals to forest fire and timber harvest in the North American boreal forest

Mammal Review

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 51-81

  Fisher, Jason T ^a   Wilkinson, Lisa ^b  

^a ALBERTA RESEARCH COUNCIL   (Canada)

^b Alberta Sustainable Resource Development   (Canada)

Author keywords

Conservation; Fire; Forest mammals; Forest management; Harvesting

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BOREAL FOREST; FOREST FIRE; MAMMAL; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STAND STRUCTURE; TIMBER HARVESTING;

NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

LEPUS; LYNX; MAMMALIA; MUSTELIDAE; SCIURIDAE; UNGULATA;

EID: 13844253579     PISSN: 03051838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2907.2005.00053.x     Document Type: Review

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