Presence of cavities in snags retained in forest cutblocks: Do management policies promote species retention?

Canadian Field-Naturalist

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 354-359

  Everett, Kim T ^a,b   Otter, Ken A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Birds; British Columbia; Forest edge; Mammals; Reptiles; Snags; Tree cavities

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST EDGE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; SNAG;

AVES; MAMMALIA; REPTILIA;

EID: 27644572617     PISSN: 00083550     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.22621/cfn.v118i3.5     Document Type: Article

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