Temporal dynamics of forage succession for elk at two scales: Implications of forest management

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 257, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 96-106

  Visscher, D R ^a   Merrill, E H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alberta; Biomass; Composition; Cutblocks; Disturbance; Elk; Forage; Forestry

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOMASS; HARVESTING; LANDFORMS; LOGGING (FORESTRY); POPULATION STATISTICS; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; TIMBER;

ALBERTA; COMPOSITION; CUTBLOCKS; DISTURBANCE; ELK; FORAGE;

FORESTRY;

BEETLE; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DEER; DOMINANCE; ELEVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FORAGE; FOREST COVER; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HARVESTING; HAZARD MANAGEMENT; HOME RANGE; PEST CONTROL; SUCCESSION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

BIOMASS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; FORESTRY; FORESTS; HARVESTING; LOGGING; PICEA GLAUCA ALBERTIANA;

ALBERTA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

COLEOPTERA; PINUS CONTORTA; PINUS MUGO;

EID: 56449127406     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2008.08.018     Document Type: Article

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