An appraisal of the fitness consequences of forest disturbance for wildlife using habitat selection theory

Oecologia

Volumn 164, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 73-86

  Hodson, James ^a   Fortin, Daniel ^a   LeBlanc, Mélanie Louise ^a   Bélanger, Louis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Density dependence; IFD; Isodars; Red backed vole; Snowshoe hare

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BOREAL FOREST; CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; CONSPECIFIC; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; ECOLOGICAL THEORY; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FITNESS; HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT SELECTION; HARVESTING; LAGOMORPH; LOGGING (TIMBER); MOISTURE CONTENT; MOSS; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION SIZE; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; RODENT; WILD POPULATION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ARVICOLINAE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CANADA; ECOSYSTEM; FORESTRY; HARE; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ANIMALS; ARVICOLINAE; ECOSYSTEM; FORESTRY; HARES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; QUEBEC;

ANIMALIA; BRYOPHYTA; CLETHRIONOMYS; LEPUS; LEPUS AMERICANUS; MURIDAE;

EID: 77955770246     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-010-1691-4     Document Type: Article

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