Snag density varies with intensity of timber harvest and human access

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 255, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 2085-2093

  Wisdom, Michael J ^a   Bate, Lisa J ^b  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Access; Forest management; Roads; Snag density; Snags; Timber harvest; Wildlife

Indexed keywords

DEFORESTATION; HARVESTING; SAMPLING;

FIREWOOD CUTTING; SNAG DENSITY; TIMBER HARVESTING; VERTEBRATES;

TIMBER;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DENSITY; ROAD; SNAG; TIMBER HARVESTING; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

DEFORESTATION; FORESTS; HARVESTING; SAMPLING;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 41949100693     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2007.12.027     Document Type: Article

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