Response of small mammals to clear-cutting and precommercial thinning in mixed forests of southeastern Quebec

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 2813-2822

  Etcheverry, Pierre ^a,c   Ouellet, Jean Pierre ^a   Crête, Michel ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

^b MINISTÈRE DES RESSOURCES NATURELLES ET DE LA FAUNE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; DEBRIS; ECOSYSTEMS; GROWTH KINETICS; SEED; SOILS;

COARSE WOODY DEBRIS; NATURAL PERTURBATIONS; PRECOMMERCIAL THINNING (PCT); SMALL-MAMMAL POPULATIONS;

FORESTRY;

CLEARCUTTING; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DECIDUOUS FOREST; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HABITAT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SMALL MAMMAL; THINNING;

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEMS; FIBER DEBRIS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GROWTH; SEEDS; SOIL;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

CONIFERALES; LEPUS AMERICANUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 33645781714     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x05-208     Document Type: Article

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