The effect of shelterwood harvesting and site preparation on eastern red-backed salamanders in white pine stands

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 199, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-10

  Morneault, Andrée E ^a   Naylor, Brian J ^a   Schaeffer, Lee S ^b   Othmer, Dianne C ^a  

^a ONTARIO MINISTRY OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Canada)

^b Calle Manuel Tovar 647 Dpto 201   (Peru)

Author keywords

Downed woody debris; Eastern red backed salamanders; Harvesting; Herbicides; Pinus strobus; Plethodon cinereus; Scarification; Shelterwood; White pine

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; DEBRIS; FORESTRY; HARVESTING; MONITORING; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

FOREST FLOOR DISTURBANCE; MECHANICAL SITES; SHELTERWOOD SYSTEMS;

ECOLOGY;

ABUNDANCE; AMPHIBIAN; HARVESTING; REGENERATION; SITE PREPARATION;

DATA PROCESSING; ECOLOGY; FIBER DEBRIS; HARVESTING; MONITORING; SITE PREPARATION; SYNTHESIS;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO;

AMPHIUMA MEANS; CAUDATA; PINUS STROBUS; PLETHODON; PLETHODON CINEREUS; STROBUS;

EID: 4444274934     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2004.03.043     Document Type: Article

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