Effects of strip and single-tree selection cutting on birds and their habitat in a southwestern Quebec northern hardwood forest

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 209, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 101-116

  Doyon, Frédérik ^a   Gagnon, Daniel ^b   Giroux, Jean Francois ^b  

^a Inst Quebecois d'Amenagement F   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Coarse woody debris; Forest management; Low impact silviculture; Passerines; Vertical and horizontal habitat structure

Indexed keywords

CUTTING; HARDWOODS;

FOREST HABITATS; SINGLE-TREE SELECTION CUTTING; WOODY DEBRIS;

FORESTRY;

AVIFAUNA; COARSE WOODY DEBRIS; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HARVESTING; SELECTIVE LOGGING; SILVICULTURE;

BIRDS; FOREST STRIP; FORESTS; HARDWOODS; NORTH AMERICA; TREES;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC [CANADA]; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

AVES; CATHARUS USTULATUS; DENDROICA PENSYLVANICA; DENDROICA VIRENS; GALLIFORMES; PHEUCTICUS LUDOVICIANUS; SEIURUS AUROCAPILLUS;

EID: 15944405379     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2005.01.005     Document Type: Article

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