Trophic consequences of postfire logging in a wolf-ungulate system

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 257, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1053-1062

  Hebblewhite, M ^a   Munro, R H ^b   Merrill, E H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fire; Forage; Habitat selection; Postfire logging; Salvage logging; Trophic cascade

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOMASS; ECOLOGY; FLOW INTERACTIONS; HARVESTING; OCEAN HABITATS; PELLETIZING; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; ROADS AND STREETS;

FORAGE; HABITAT SELECTION; POSTFIRE LOGGING; SALVAGE LOGGING; TROPHIC CASCADE;

LOGGING (FORESTRY);

CANID; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECOSYSTEM APPROACH; FORAGE; FOREST FIRE; HABITAT SELECTION; LOGGING (TIMBER); PHYTOMASS; PREDATION RISK; RADIOTELEMETRY; RESOURCE SELECTION; SNAG; TROPHIC CASCADE; UNGULATE;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; ROCKY MOUNTAINS;

ALCES ALCES; CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS LUPUS; CERVIDAE; CERVUS ELAPHUS; ODOCOILEUS; UNGULATA;

EID: 58149310894     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2008.11.009     Document Type: Article

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