Edge influence on forest structure in large forest remnants, cutblock separators, and riparian buffers in managed black spruce forests

Ecoscience

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 226-233

  Mascarúa López, Liliana E ^a   Harper, Karen A ^a   Drapeau, Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cutblock separators; Distance of edge influence; Edge effects; Forest management; Forest structure; Riparian buffers

Indexed keywords

EDGE EFFECT; FOREST CANOPY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HARVESTING; RIPARIAN FOREST;

PICEA MARIANA;

EID: 33746130000     PISSN: 11956860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2980/i1195-6860-13-2-226.1     Document Type: Article

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