Effects of uneven-aged timber harvest on forest floor vertebrates in the Cascade Mountains of southern Washington

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 208, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 123-135

  MacCracken, James G ^a  

^a Longview Fibre Co   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibians; Body condition; Cascade Mountains; Pitfall trapping; Selective timber harvest; Small mammals; Washington; Weather

Indexed keywords

AIR; HARVESTING; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); THERMAL EFFECTS; TIMBER; WETLANDS;

BREEDING PONDS; FOREST FLOOR VERTEBRATES (FFV); TIMBER HARVESTING; TREE DENSITY;

FORESTRY;

AMPHIBIAN; BODY CONDITION; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; FOREST FLOOR; HARVESTING; SILVICULTURE; SMALL MAMMAL;

AIR; FORESTRY; FORESTS; HARVESTING; WETLANDS;

CASCADE RANGE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES]; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ABIES; ABIES PROCERA; AMPHIBIA; CONIUM; CONIUM MACULATUM; MAMMALIA; TSUGA; TSUGA HETEROPHYLLA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 14744303943     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2004.11.020     Document Type: Article

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