A spatial analysis of forest management and its contribution to maintaining the extent of shrubland habitat in southern New England, United States

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 262, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1775-1785

  Buffum, Bill ^a   McWilliams, Scott R ^a   August, Peter V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Clearcuts; Forest management; Shrubland habitat; Southern New England

Indexed keywords

BIRD SPECIES; CLEARCUTS; CONSERVATION GROUPS; CONSERVATION LANDS; CONSERVATION TARGETS; CURRENT RATE; GIS LAYERS; GIS-DATABASE; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; INFORMATION GAP; NEW ENGLAND; PATCH SIZE; PRIVATE OWNERSHIPS; RHODE ISLAND; SHRUBLANDS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL CONFIGURATION; SPATIAL EXTENT; WILDLIFE POPULATIONS; WILDLIFE SPECIES;

BIRDS; COASTAL ZONES; FORESTRY; PLANNING; POPULATION STATISTICS;

ECOSYSTEMS;

CLEARCUTTING; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DATABASE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GIS; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; LAGOMORPH; PATCH SIZE; POPULATION DECLINE; SHRUBLAND; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; WILD POPULATION; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

BIOLOGICAL POPULATIONS; BIRDS; ECOSYSTEMS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY; PLANNING; STATISTICS;

NEW ENGLAND; RHODE ISLAND; UNITED STATES;

AVES; SYLVILAGUS TRANSITIONALIS;

EID: 80052715596     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2011.07.024     Document Type: Article

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