Short-term effects of fire and forest thinning on truffle abundance and consumption by Neotamias speciosus in the Sierra Nevada of California

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1061-1070

  Meyer, Marc D ^a,b   North, Malcolm P ^a,b   Kelt, Douglas A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b PACIFIC SOUTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEMS; FIRES; FUELS; NUTRITION;

FIRE SUPPRESSION; FOREST ECOSYSTEMS; RANDOMIZED DESIGN; TRUFFLE ABUNDANCE;

FORESTRY;

ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FUNGUS; PRESCRIBED BURNING; RODENT; THINNING;

BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEMS; FIRES; FORESTRY; FUELS; MAMMALS; THINNING;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SIERRA NEVADA [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

CONIFEROPHYTA; MAMMALIA; TAMIAS SPECIOSUS; TUBER (TRUFFLE);

EID: 24644466129     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X05-032     Document Type: Article

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