Effects of non-native spruce plantations on small mammal communities in subarctic birch forests

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 260, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 331-338

  Pedersen, Åshild Ø ^a   Yoccoz, Nigel G ^a   Ims, Rolf A ^a   Sigurdsen, Therese ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Abundance; Betula pubescens; Habitat; Picea abies; Spatial

Indexed keywords

BETULA PUBESCENS; FOREST FLOORS; FOREST HABITATS; FOREST TYPE; FORESTRY PRACTICES; MICROTUS; NEGATIVE IMPACTS; NON-NATIVE; NORTHERN FORESTS; PICEA ABIES; SMALL MAMMALS; SOIL CONDITIONS; SPATIAL HETEROGENEITY; SPRUCE PLANTATIONS; SPRUCE STANDS; TEMPORAL DYNAMICS; TREE SPECIES;

ECOSYSTEMS; MAMMALS;

FORESTRY;

ABUNDANCE; BREEDING SEASON; CONIFEROUS TREE; DECIDUOUS FOREST; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECOTONE; FIELDWORK; FOREST SOIL; GROWTH RATE; HABITAT QUALITY; HETEROGENEITY; INTRODUCED SPECIES; MONOCULTURE; PLANTATION; RODENT; SUBARCTIC REGION; TRAPPING;

BETULA PUBESCENS; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; MAMMALS; PICEA ABIES;

NORWAY;

BETULA PUBESCENS; MAMMALIA; MICROTUS AGRESTIS; MURIDAE; NEOMYS FODIENS; PICEA; PICEA ABIES; RUTILUS; SOREX ARANEUS; SOREX HOYI; SOREX PALUSTRIS; SORICIDAE;

EID: 77954864997     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2010.04.020     Document Type: Article

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