Small mammal survival and downed wood at multiple scales in managed forests

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 87-96

  Manning, Jeffrey A ^a,b   Edge, W Daniel ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

Downed wood; Managed forests; Small mammals; Spatial scale; Survival; Western Oregon

Indexed keywords

FOREST MANAGEMENT; HETEROGENEITY; MAMMAL; SCALE EFFECT; SPECIES CONSERVATION; UNDERSTORY;

NORTH AMERICA; OREGON; UNITED STATES;

ABIES; CERVIDAE; CRICETINAE; MAMMALIA; MICROTUS; MICROTUS OREGONI; MURIDAE; PEROMYSCUS; PEROMYSCUS MANICULATUS; PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII;

EID: 1542348949     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/1545-1542(2004)085<0087:SMSADW>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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