How well does Kirtland's warbler management emulate the effects of natural disturbance on stand structure in Michigan jack pine forests?

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 258, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2609-2618

  Spaulding, Susan E ^a   Rothstein, David E ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coarse woody debris; Emulating natural disturbance; Fire; Forest management; Jack pine; Kirtland's warbler; Snags; Stand structure

Indexed keywords

COARSE WOODY DEBRIS; EMULATING NATURAL DISTURBANCE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; JACK PINE; KIRTLAND'S WARBLER; SNAGS; STAND STRUCTURE;

CONSERVATION; DEBRIS; ECOLOGY; FIRES; HARVESTING; OCEAN HABITATS;

FORESTRY;

AGE STRUCTURE; CHRONOSEQUENCE; CLEARCUTTING; COARSE WOODY DEBRIS; DEAD WOOD; DENSITY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FOREST FIRE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HARVESTING; NATURAL DISASTER; PLANTATION; SNAG; STAND STRUCTURE; STEM; WILDFIRE;

CONSERVATION; ECOLOGY; FIRES; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY; HARVESTING; PINUS BANKSIANA; WASTES; WOOD;

DENDROICA KIRTLANDII; PINUS BANKSIANA;

EID: 70349738073     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2009.09.020     Document Type: Article

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