Standing deadwood for keystone bird species in the eastern boreal forest: Managing for snag dynamics

Forestry Chronicle

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 227-234

  Drapeau, Pierre ^a   Nappi, Antoine ^a   Imbeau, Louis ^a,b   Saint Germain, Michel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC EN ABITIBI TÉMISCAMINGUE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Deadwood; Food webs; Foraging and nesting tree requirements; Hole nesting community; Keystone species; Late seral forests; Nest webs; Snag management; Woodpeckers

Indexed keywords

ARCHES; BIODIVERSITY; DEGRADATION; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS;

DEADWOOD; FOOD WEBS; FORAGING AND NESTING TREE REQUIREMENTS; HOLE-NESTING COMMUNITY; KEYSTONE SPECIES; LATE SERAL FORESTS; NEST WEBS; WOODPECKERS;

FORESTRY;

BIODIVERSITY; BIRD; BOREAL FOREST; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DEAD WOOD; FOOD WEB; FOREST DYNAMICS; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY PRACTICE; HARVESTING; KEYSTONE SPECIES; SNAG;

BIODIVERSITY; BIRDS; DEAD WOOD; ECOSYSTEMS; FOOD ADDITIVES; FORAGE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTS; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION;

AVES; PICIDAE;

EID: 65649150305     PISSN: 00157546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5558/tfc85227-2     Document Type: Article

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