Small-mammal response to group-selection silvicultural systems in Engelmann spruce - subalpine fir forests 14 years postharvest

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1698-1708

  Ransome, Douglas B ^a   Lindgren, Pontus M F ^b   Waterhouse, Michaela J ^c   Armleder, Harold M ^c   Sullivan, Thomas P ^d  

^a BRITISH COLUMBIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Canada)

^b Applied Mammal Research Institute   (Canada)

^c RESEARCH BRANCH   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT FEMALES; DEER MOUSE; ECOSYSTEM COMPONENTS; MYODES GAPPERI; NEGATIVE IMPACTS; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; POST TREATMENT; POSTHARVEST; RED-BACKED VOLES; SELECTION CUT; SILVICULTURAL SYSTEM; SMALL MAMMALS; SOUTH-CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA; SUB-ALPINE FIR;

FORESTRY;

MAMMALS;

ABUNDANCE ESTIMATION; CLEARCUTTING; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; EDGE EFFECT; EVERGREEN TREE; FOREST FLOOR; HARVESTING; MONTANE FOREST; RODENT; SILVICULTURE; SUBALPINE ENVIRONMENT; SURVIVAL;

ABIES; CANADA; FORESTS; HARVESTING; MAMMALS; PICEA ENGELMANNII; SILVICULTURE;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

ABIES; ABIES LASIOCARPA; CLETHRIONOMYS; CLETHRIONOMYS GAPPERI; MAMMALIA; MURIDAE; PEROMYSCUS; PEROMYSCUS MANICULATUS; PICEA; PICEA ENGELMANNII; SOREX MONTICOLUS; SORICIDAE;

EID: 70249109757     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X09-095     Document Type: Article

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