Precommercial thinning reduces snowshoe hare abundance in the short term

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 559-564

  Griffin, Paul C ^a   Mills, L Scott ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

Canada lynx; Experiment; Forest management; Lepus americanus; Lynx canadensis; Lynx foraging habitat; Montana; Precommercial thinning; Snowshoe hare

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CONIFEROUS FOREST; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FELID; FOREST MANAGEMENT; LAGOMORPH; MONTANE FOREST; SUBALPINE ENVIRONMENT; THINNING;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

LEPUS AMERICANUS; LYNX; LYNX CANADENSIS;

EID: 53049089287     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/2004-007     Document Type: Article

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