Effects of the sustainable forestry initiative on the quality, abundance, and configuration of wildlife habitats

Journal of Sustainable Forestry

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 37-65

  Azevedo, João C ^a   Wu, X Ben ^b   Messina, Michael G ^b   Fisher, Richard F ^c  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO DE BRAGANÇA   (Portugal)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Applied Research and Development   (United States)

Author keywords

East Texas; Landscape; Sustainable forestry; Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI); Wildlife habitat quality and configuration

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HARDWOODS; LANDFORMS; MANAGEMENT; SOFTWOODS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATERSHEDS;

LANDSCAPE; STREAMSIDE MANAGEMENT ZONES; WILDLIFE HABITATS;

FORESTRY;

HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT QUALITY; LANDSCAPE PROTECTION; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

BIRDS; HARDWOODS; LAND; MATURE WOOD; PINUS; SIMULATION; SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT; WATER SHEDS; WILD LIFE;

NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

CASTOR CANADENSIS; DENDROICA PINUS; MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO; MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO SILVESTRIS; PICOIDES PUBESCENS; SCIURIDAE; SCIURUS CAROLINENSIS; SCIURUS NIGER; SCOLOPAX MINOR; STRIGIFORMES; STRIX VARIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33750626210     PISSN: 10549811     EISSN: 1540756X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J091v23n01_03     Document Type: Article

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