Managing forests with prescribed fire: Implications for a cavity-dwelling bat species

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 222, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 108-115

  Boyles, Justin G ^a   Aubrey, Doug P ^b  

^a INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fire ecology; Forest restoration; Nycticeius humeralis; Oak hickory forest; Prescribed burning; Roost selection

Indexed keywords

COMBUSTION; ECOLOGY; FIRES; RESTORATION; SUN;

FIRE ECOLOGY; FOREST RESTORATION; NYCTICEIUS HUMERALIS; OAK-HICKORY FOREST; ROOST SELECTION;

FORESTRY;

BAT; DECIDUOUS FOREST; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; HABITAT SELECTION; PRESCRIBED BURNING; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; ROOST SITE;

ECOLOGY; FOREST FIRES; FOREST MANAGEMENT; PRESCRIBED BURNING; RESTORATION;

NORTH AMERICA;

CARYA; NYCTICEIUS; NYCTICEIUS HUMERALIS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 31444438880     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2005.09.024     Document Type: Article

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