Dissecting habitat loss and fragmentation effects following logging in boreal forest: Conservation perspectives from landscape simulations

Biological Conservation

Volumn 142, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2240-2249

  St Laurent, Martin Hugues ^a   Dussault, Christian ^b   Ferron, Jean ^a   Gagnon, Réjean ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

^b MINISTÈRE DES RESSOURCES NATURELLES ET DE LA FAUNE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À CHICOUTIMI   (Canada)

Author keywords

Forest birds; Fragmentation; Landscape; Mature forest loss; Simulation; Static landscape attributes

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BOREAL FOREST; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT LOSS; LOGGING (TIMBER); SPECIES RICHNESS;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

AVES;

EID: 68449104752     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2009.04.025     Document Type: Article

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