Ecological forestry at national wildlife refuges: Experiences from seney national wildlife refuge and kirtland's warbler wildlife management area, USA

Forestry Chronicle

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 695-701

  Gregory Corace III, R ^a   Charles Goebel, P ^b   Hix, David M ^b   Casselman, Tracy ^a   Seefelt, Nancy E ^c  

^a U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; CONSERVATION; FISH; FORESTRY; MANAGERS; RESTORATION; TIMBER;

CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY; COMPOSITIONAL HETEROGENEITY; EASTERN NORTH AMERICA; FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICES; FOREST ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES; NORTHERN HARDWOOD FOREST; SILVICULTURAL PRACTICES;

ECOSYSTEMS;

ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; FOREST MANAGEMENT; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SILVICULTURE; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

ANIMALS; CONSERVATION; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; FORESTS; LAND USE; MANAGEMENT; RESTORATION;

KIRTLANDS WARBLER WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA; MICHIGAN; NORTH AMERICA; SENEY NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE; UNITED STATES;

DENDROICA KIRTLANDII; FAGUS; FAGUS GRANDIFOLIA; PINUS BANKSIANA;

EID: 70349964353     PISSN: 00157546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5558/tfc85695-5     Document Type: Article

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