Short-term response of shrews to prescribed fire and mechanical fuel reduction in a Southern Appalachian upland hardwood forest

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 243, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 231-236

  Greenberg, Cathryn H ^a   Miller, Stanlee ^b   Waldrop, Thomas A ^c  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Southern Research Station   (United States)

Author keywords

Burn; Fire surrogate; Fuel reduction; Prescribed fire; Shrews; Soricids; Southern Appalachians

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; FIRE RESISTANCE; HARDWOODS;

FUEL REDUCTION; HARDWOOD FOREST; LEAF LITTER DEPTH; MACROARTHROPODS; SHREWS; SORICIDS;

FORESTRY;

ARTHROPOD; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FOREST FIRE; LEAF LITTER; PITFALL TRAP; PRESCRIBED BURNING; PREY AVAILABILITY; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SMALL MAMMAL; SURROGATE METHOD; UPLAND REGION;

ANIMALS; FIRE RESISTANCE; FOREST FIRES; FOREST LITTER; HARDWOODS;

APPALACHIANS; NORTH AMERICA; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

BLARINA BREVICAUDA; SOREX FUMEUS; SOREX HOYI; SOREX LONGIROSTRIS; SORICIDAE;

EID: 34247863968     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2007.03.003     Document Type: Article

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