Leaving forest strips in large clearcut landscapes of boreal forest: A management scenario suitable for wildlife?

Forestry Chronicle

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 44-53

  Potvin, François ^a   Bertrand, Normand ^b  

^a Soc la Faune et des Parcs du Que   (Canada)

^b MINISTÈRE DES RESSOURCES NATURELLES ET DE LA FAUNE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Black spruce; Clearcutting; Ecosystem management; Forest strip; Picea mariana; Riparian strip

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CUTTING; FISHERIES; LAKES; OCEAN HABITATS; SNOW; WATER QUALITY;

CLEARCUT PATCHES; FISH HABITATS; FOREST STRIPS; LANDSCAPES;

FORESTRY;

BOREAL FOREST; CLEARCUTTING; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; FOREST MANAGEMENT; RIPARIAN FOREST;

ALCES ALCES; AVES; CASTANEA; DENDRAGAPUS CANADENSIS; DENDROICA; DENDROICA CASTANEA; FALCIPENNIS; FALCIPENNIS CANADENSIS; LEPUS; LEPUS AMERICANUS; PHASIANIDAE; PICEA; PICEA MARIANA; RIPARIA; SCIURIDAE; TAMIASCIURUS HUDSONICUS;

EID: 2442550894     PISSN: 00157546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5558/tfc80044-1     Document Type: Article

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