Conserving biodiversity in managed forest landscapes: The use of critical thresholds for habitat

Forestry Chronicle

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 589-596

  Rompré, Ghislain ^a,b   Boucher, Yan ^c   Bélanger, Louis ^a   Côté, Sylvie ^d   Robinson, W Douglas ^e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b WILKES UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MINISTÈRE DES RESSOURCES NATURELLES ET DE LA FAUNE   (Canada)

^d Ctr Collegial Transfert Technol F   (Canada)

^e OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Community; Conservation; Ecological threshold; Forest ecosystem; Forest management; Habitat loss; Older or late seral forests; Population

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FORESTRY;

COMMUNITY; ECOLOGICAL THRESHOLD; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT LOSS; LATE SERAL FORESTS; POPULATION;

ECOSYSTEMS;

BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DISTURBANCE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT LOSS; HABITAT TYPE; HOME RANGE; LANDSCAPE; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; THRESHOLD; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL POPULATIONS; CONSERVATION; ECOSYSTEMS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY; PLANNING;

CANADA;

AVES;

EID: 77957782861     PISSN: 00157546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5558/tfc86589-5     Document Type: Article

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