Characteristics of small rodent populations in post-fire silvicultural management stands within pine forest

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 255, Issue 5-6, 2008, Pages 1418-1422

  Lee, Eun Jae ^a   Lee, Woo Shin ^a   Rhim, Shin Jae ^b  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Chung Ang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

A. peninsulae; Apodemus agrarius; Eothenomys regulus; Fire; Pine forest

Indexed keywords

FIRE PROTECTION; FORESTRY;

A. PENINSULAE; APODEMUS AGRARIUS; EOTHENOMYS REGULUS; PINE FORESTS;

PEST CONTROL;

COARSE WOODY DEBRIS; CONIFEROUS FOREST; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FOREST FIRE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; POPULATION DENSITY; RODENT; SILVICULTURE; VEGETATION COVER;

FIRE PROTECTION; FOREST FIRES; PINUS; RODENTS;

APODEMUS AGRARIUS; APODEMUS PENINSULAE; CLETHRIONOMYS; EOTHENOMYS REGULUS; MURIDAE; PINUS DENSIFLORA; RODENTIA;

EID: 39749151622     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2007.10.055     Document Type: Article

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