Short term response of small mammals and forest birds to silvicultural practices differing in tree retention in irregular boreal forests

Ecoscience

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 334-342

  Blanc, Mlanie Louise Le ^a   Fortin, Daniel ^a   Darveau, Marcel ^b   Ruel, Jean Claude ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b DUCKS UNLIMITED CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

boreal forest; forest bird community; irregular structure stands; non parametric multivariate analysis; selection cutting; small mammal community

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BASAL AREA; BOREAL FOREST; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; CONIFEROUS TREE; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FOREST CANOPY; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HARVESTING; MOSS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; PASSERINE; RODENT; SELECTIVE LOGGING; SILVICULTURE; SNAG; SPECIES RICHNESS;

CANADA;

ANIMALIA; AVES; BRYOPHYTA; CALENDULA; CERTHIA AMERICANA; CLETHRIONOMYS; CONIFEROPHYTA; MAMMALIA; MURIDAE; REGULUS CALENDULA;

EID: 77958174020     PISSN: 11956860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2980/17-3-3340     Document Type: Article

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