Planning timber harvest of residual forest stands without compromising bird and small mammal communities in boreal landscapes

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 254, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 261-275

  St Laurent, Martin Hugues ^a   Ferron, Jean ^a   Haché, Samuel ^a   Gagnon, Réjean ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À CHICOUTIMI   (Canada)

Author keywords

Boreal forest; Forest birds; Regulations; Small mammals; Successional stages

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIRDS; FORESTRY; MAMMALS;

BOREAL FORESTS; FOREST BIRDS; REGULATIONSS; SMALL MAMMALS; SUCCESSIONAL STAGES; UNHARVESTED MATURE FORESTS;

TIMBER;

BIODIVERSITY; BIRD; BOREAL FOREST; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HABITAT USE; LOGGING (TIMBER); MAMMAL; PLANNING PROCESS; SUCCESSION; TIMBER HARVESTING;

BIRDS; FORESTRY; MAMMALS;

ALBERTA; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO [CANADA]; QUEBEC [CANADA];

ALNUS; AVES; CERTHIA AMERICANA; CLETHRIONOMYS; COLAPTES AURATUS; DENDROICA MAGNOLIA; EMPIDONAX ALNORUM; LEPUS AMERICANUS; MAGNOLIACEAE; MAMMALIA; MURIDAE; REGULUS CALENDULA; REGULUS SATRAPA; ZONOTRICHIA ALBICOLLIS;

EID: 37549067397     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2007.08.006     Document Type: Article

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