Effects of clearcutting with corridor retention on abundance, richness, and diversity of small mammals in the Coastal Plain of South Carolina, USA

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 202, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 293-300

  Constantine, Nicole L ^a   Campbell, Tyler A ^a,e   Baughman, William M ^b   Harrington, Timothy B ^c   Chapman, Brian R ^d   Miller, Karl V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b MeadWestvaco Corporation   (United States)

^c PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^d SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY KINGSVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Clearcutting; Corridors; Pine plantations; Pinus; Small mammals

Indexed keywords

CORRIDOR RETENTION; HABITAT DIVERSITY; PINE PLANTATION MANAGEMENT;

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS; COASTAL ZONES; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; HARVESTING;

BIODIVERSITY;

ABUNDANCE; CLEARCUTTING; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HABITAT CORRIDOR; PLANTATION; SMALL MAMMAL; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

BIODIVERSITY; COASTS; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; HARVESTING; PINUS; RICE;

NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; MAMMALIA; ORYZOMYS; ORYZOMYS PALUSTRIS; RODENTIA; SIGMODON; SIGMODON HISPIDUS;

EID: 6344245983     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2004.07.036     Document Type: Article

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