Roads, logging, and the large-mammal community of an eastern Canadian boreal forest

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 454-467

  Bowman, Jeff ^a   Ray, Justina C ^b   Magoun, Audrey J ^c   Johnson, Devin S ^d   Neil Dawson, F ^e  

^a TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Wildlife Conservation Society Canada   (Canada)

^c Wildlife Research and Management   (United States)

^d NOAA National Marine Mammal Laboratory   (United States)

^e ONTARIO MINISTRY OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FOREST; CANID; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DEER; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LOGGING (TIMBER); REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ROAD TRANSPORT; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

CANADA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

ALCES ALCES; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS LUPUS; CERVIDAE; GULO GULO; MAMMALIA; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS; RANGIFER TARANDUS; RANGIFER TARANDUS CARIBOU;

EID: 77951749546     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/Z10-019     Document Type: Article

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