Alternative silvicultural practices with variable retention improve bird conservation in managed South Patagonian forests

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 258, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 472-480

  Lencinas, María Vanessa ^a   Pastur, Guillermo Martínez ^a   Gallo, Emilce ^b   Cellini, Juan Manuel ^c  

^a CENTRO AUSTRAL DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS CADIC CONICET   (Argentina)

^b Parques Nacionales de Argentina   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Aggregated retention; Bird density; Bird species richness; Forest management; Impact

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATED RETENTION; BEFORE AND AFTER; BIRD COMMUNITIES; BIRD CONSERVATION; BIRD SPECIES; BIRD SPECIES RICHNESS; CANOPY GAPS; DISPERSED RETENTION; EARLY-SUCCESSIONAL; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FOREST SITES; FOREST STAND; IMPACT; MANAGED FOREST; NOTHOFAGUS; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; PRIMARY FOREST; REGENERATION TREATMENT; SAMPLING POINTS; SHELTERWOOD CUT; SILVICULTURAL PRACTICES; SITE QUALITY; SUMMER SEASON; TEMPORAL CHANGE; TIMBER MANAGEMENT; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

AGGLOMERATION; BIODIVERSITY; BIRDS; HARVESTING;

FORESTRY;

ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; BIOLOGICAL SURVEY; BIRD; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY PRACTICE; HABITAT CONSERVATION; SILVICULTURE; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY; TIMBER HARVESTING;

AGGLOMERATION; BIODIVERSITY; BIRDS; DENSITY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY; HARVESTING; RETENTION; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION;

PATAGONIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

AVES; NOTHOFAGUS PUMILIO;

EID: 67649369262     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2009.01.012     Document Type: Article

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