Forestry matters: Decline of oaks will impact wildlife in hardwood forests

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1717-1728

  Mcshea, William J ^a   Healy, William M ^b   Devers, Patrick ^c   Fearer, Todd ^c   Koch, Frank H ^d   Stauffer, Dean ^c   Waldon, Jeff ^c  

^a SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acorns; Deer; Fire; Forest management; Forest Stewardship Council; Foundation species; Oak; Private forests; Quercus

Indexed keywords

DECIDUOUS FOREST; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOREST INVENTORY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; MASTING; POPULATION DECLINE; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

NORTH AMERICA;

ACER; CERVIDAE; QUERCUS;

EID: 48249093764     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/2006-169     Document Type: Article

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