Design and management of linkage areas across headwater drainages to conserve biodiversity in forest ecosystems

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 258, Issue SUPPL., 2009, Pages

  Olson, Deanna H ^a   Burnett, Kelly M ^a  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Connectivity; Dispersal corridors; Forest conservation; Headwater stream; Riparian buffer; Species diversity

Indexed keywords

DISPERSAL CORRIDORS; FOREST CONSERVATION; HEADWATER STREAM; RIPARIAN BUFFERS; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

BIODIVERSITY; CATCHMENTS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION; ECOSYSTEMS; HYDRAULICS; LANDFORMS; REGIONAL PLANNING; SEDIMENTS;

FORESTRY;

ARTHROPOD; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONNECTIVITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DESIGN; DISPERSAL; DRAINAGE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HABITAT CORRIDOR; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HEADWATER; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATES; CONSERVATION; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; HYDRAULICS; PLANNING; SEDIMENTS; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION;

COAST RANGES; NORTH AMERICA;

AMPHIBIA; ARTHROPODA;

EID: 71649093602     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2009.04.018     Document Type: Article

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