A meta-analysis of the effects of wildfire, clearcutting, and partial harvest on the abundance of North American small mammals

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 258, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 539-545

  Zwolak, Rafał ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

Disturbance; Emulation forestry; Green tree retention; Natural disturbance paradigm; Rodents; Shrews

Indexed keywords

DISTURBANCE; EMULATION FORESTRY; GREEN TREE RETENTION; NATURAL DISTURBANCE PARADIGM; RODENTS; SHREWS;

FIRES; HARVESTING; LOGGING (FORESTRY); TIMBER;

MAMMALS;

ABUNDANCE; BURNING; CLEARCUTTING; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; HARVESTING; META-ANALYSIS; RODENT; SMALL MAMMAL; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WILDFIRE;

BIODIVERSITY; COMBUSTION; FOREST FIRES; HARVESTING; LOGGING; MAMMALS;

NORTH AMERICA;

BLARINA BREVICAUDA; CLETHRIONOMYS; MAMMALIA; MICROTUS LONGICAUDUS; MICROTUS PENNSYLVANICUS; MURIDAE; NAPAEOZAPUS INSIGNIS; PEROMYSCUS; PEROMYSCUS MANICULATUS; RODENTIA; SOREX CINEREUS; SORICIDAE; TAMIAS AMOENUS;

EID: 67649982885     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2009.05.033     Document Type: Review

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