Long-term responses of mammalian herbivores to stand thinning and fertilization in young lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta var. latifolia) forest

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2302-2312

  Sullivan, Thomas P ^a   Sullivan, Druscilla S ^b   Lindgren, Pontus M F ^b   Ransome, Douglas B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Applied Mammal Research Institute   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCES ALCES; CONIFEROUS FORESTS; CONIFEROUS STANDS; FECAL PELLETS; HABITAT USE; HIGH-DENSITY; LODGEPOLE PINE; MAMMALIAN HERBIVORES; PELLET-GROUP COUNTS; PINUS CONTORTA VAR. LATIFOLIA; PRE-COMMERCIAL THINNING; SOUTH-CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA; STAND DENSITIES; STUDY AREAS; TIMBER PRODUCTION; UNDERSTORY VEGETATION; YOUNG STANDS;

ECOSYSTEMS; MAMMALS; PELLETIZING; VALUE ENGINEERING;

FORESTRY;

CONIFEROUS FOREST; FECAL PELLET; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; FORESTRY PRODUCTION; HABITAT USE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MAMMAL; STAND DYNAMICS; UNDERSTORY;

ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; MAMMALS; PELLETING;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA;

ALCES ALCES; CERVIDAE; CONIFEROPHYTA; LEPUS; LEPUS AMERICANUS; MAMMALIA; ODOCOILEUS HEMIONUS; PINUS CONTORTA;

EID: 78650492638     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: 12086037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X10-173     Document Type: Article

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