Stand scale effects of partial harvesting and clearcutting on small mammals and forest structure

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 191, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 373-386

  Fuller, Angela K ^a   Harrison, Daniel J ^a   Lachowski, Henry J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Blarina; Clearcutting; Clethrionomys; Maine; Partial harvesting; Peromyscus; Small mammal

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; HARVESTING;

MAMMALS; PARTIAL HARVESTING;

ECOLOGY;

CLEARCUTTING; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HARVESTING; MAMMAL;

BLARINA; BLARINA BREVICAUDA; CERVIDAE; CLETHRIONOMYS; CLETHRIONOMYS GAPPERI; CONIFERALES; CRICETINAE; MAMMALIA; MURIDAE; PEROMYSCUS; PEROMYSCUS MANICULATUS; SORICIDAE;

EID: 1542680983     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2004.01.014     Document Type: Article

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