Abundance and attributes of wildlife trees and coarse woody debris at three silvicultural systems study areas in the Interior Cedar-Hemlock Zone, British Columbia

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 233, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 176-191

  Stevenson, Susan K ^a   Jull, Michael J ^a   Rogers, Bruce J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Coarse woody debris; Inland rainforest; Interior Cedar Hemlock Zone; Silvicultural systems; Wildlife habitat; Wildlife trees

Indexed keywords

OCEAN HABITATS; TIMBER; WOOD PRODUCTS;

COARSE WOODY DEBRIS; INLAND RAINFOREST; INTERIOR CEDAR-HEMLOCK ZONE; SILVICULTURAL SYSTEMS;

FORESTRY;

COARSE WOODY DEBRIS; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT; RAINFOREST; SILVICULTURE; TREE;

FORESTRY; LOGS; WOOD PRODUCTS;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

CONIUM; CONIUM MACULATUM; PICEA; PICEA ENGELMANNII; PICEA GLAUCA; THUJA; THUJA PLICATA; TSUGA; TSUGA HETEROPHYLLA;

EID: 33747430897     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2006.06.023     Document Type: Article

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