Bridging native and scientific observations of snowshoe hare habitat restoration after clearcutting to set wildlife habitat management guidelines on Waswanipi Cree land

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 530-539

  Jacqmain, Hugo ^a   Bélanger, Louis ^a   Hilton, Susanne ^b   Bouthillier, Luc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b Geewehdin Consulting Services Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; HARVESTING; RESTORATION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; VEGETATION;

RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT; WILDLIFE HABITAT;

TIMBER;

BIOASSAY; CLEARCUTTING; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GUIDELINE; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; HABITAT RESTORATION; LAGOMORPH; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

FORESTS; RESTORATION; SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

LEPUS AMERICANUS; PICEA MARIANA;

EID: 34547907846     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X06-252     Document Type: Article

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