Short-term responses of animal communities to thinning in a Cryptomeria japonica (Taxodiaceae) plantation in Taiwan

Zoological Studies

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 393-402

  Yuan, Hsiao Wei ^a   Ding, Tzung Su ^a   Hsieh, Hsin I ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Bird community; Ground invertebrates; Habitat selection; Small mammals; Thinning

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; AVES; CRYPTOMERIA JAPONICA; CUPRESSACEAE; INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 27944444085     PISSN: 10215506     EISSN: 1810522X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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