Stand-level wildlife habitat features and biodiversity in southern pine forests: A review

Journal of Forestry

Volumn 107, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 398-404

  Jones, Phillip D ^a   Hanberry, Brice ^a   Demarais, Stephen ^a  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coarse woody debris; Diversity; Retained structure; Snags; Southern pine

Indexed keywords

COARSE WOODY DEBRIS; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS; FOREST CERTIFICATION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INFORMATION GAP; LONG-TERM EXPERIMENTS; MULTI VARIATE ANALYSIS; PINE FOREST; PREDICTIVE MODELS; RESEARCH NEEDS; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WILDLIFE HABITATS; WILDLIFE POPULATIONS;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; DEBRIS; DECISION MAKING; HERBICIDES; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS;

ECOLOGY;

BIODIVERSITY; COARSE WOODY DEBRIS; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; CONIFEROUS FOREST; SILVICULTURE; SNAG; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

PINUS ECHINATA;

EID: 72449197563     PISSN: 00221201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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