Sciurid habitat relationships in forests managed under selection and shelterwood silviculture in Ontario

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1735-1745

  Holloway, Gillian L ^a   Malcolm, Jay R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Eastern chipmunk; Glaucomys sabrinus; Glaucomys volans; Habitat use; Northern flying squirrel; Ontario; Partial harvesting; Red squirrel; Southern flying squirrel; Stepwise regression; Tamias striatus; Tamiasciurus hudsonicus

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROUS FOREST; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT USE; HARVESTING; POPULATION DENSITY; SILVICULTURE; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP;

ALGONQUIN PROVINCIAL PARK; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

CONIFEROPHYTA; GLAUCOMYS SABRINUS; GLAUCOMYS VOLANS; PICEA; PINUS STROBUS; RODENTIA; SCIURIDAE; TAMIAS STRIATUS; TAMIASCIURUS; TAMIASCIURUS HUDSONICUS;

EID: 33846785555     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0022-541X(2006)70[1735:SHRIFM]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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