An assessment of expert-based marten habitat models used for forest management in Ontario

Forestry Chronicle

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 801-807

  Bowman, Jeff ^a   Robitaille, Jean François ^b  

^a ONTARIO MINISTRY OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Canada)

^b LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Boreal forest; Forest Ecosystem Classification; Forest inventory; Guidelines; Habitat; Habitat suitability; Landscape; Martes americana; Resource selection; Snow tracking; Spatial autocorrelation; Stand structure

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION; DEBRIS; ECOLOGY; SNOW;

BOREAL FOREST; FOREST ECOSYSTEM CLASSIFICATION; FOREST INVENTORY; GUIDELINES; HABITAT; HABITAT SUITABILITY; LANDSCAPE; MARTES AMERICANA; RESOURCE SELECTION; SNOW TRACKING;

FORESTRY;

BOREAL FOREST; FOREST INVENTORY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HABITAT USE;

CALOPHYLLUM; ECOLOGY; FIBER DEBRIS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; SNOW;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO;

ABIES; ABIES BALSAMEA; CALOPHYLLUM; MARTES AMERICANA; PICEA;

EID: 32644449024     PISSN: 00157546     EISSN: 00157546     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5558/tfc81801-6     Document Type: Article

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