Effects of precommercial thinning on snowshoe hare habitat use during winter in low-elevation montane forests

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 206-210

  Ausband, David E ^a   Baty, G Ross ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SNOW;

CONFIERS; SNOWSHOE;

FORESTRY;

CONNECTIVITY; HABITAT USE; LAGOMORPH; THINNING; WINTER;

FORESTRY; SNOW;

MONTANA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

CONIFEROPHYTA; LEPUS; LEPUS AMERICANUS;

EID: 19744368966     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x04-152     Document Type: Article

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