Partial cutting does not maintain spider assemblages within the observed range of natural variability in Eastern Canadian black spruce forests

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 262, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2079-2093

  Paradis, Simon ^a   Work, Timothy T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chronosequence; Coarse filter conservation; Coniferous boreal forest; Ecosystem management; Partial cutting; Spiders

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FORESTS; CHRONOSEQUENCES; COARSE FILTER CONSERVATION; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; PARTIAL CUTTING; SPIDERS;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEMS; PLANTS (BOTANY);

REFORESTATION;

BOREAL FOREST; CHRONOSEQUENCE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SPIDER; STAND DYNAMICS;

BIODIVERSITY; CANADA; CONSERVATION; CUTTING; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTS; HARVESTING; INSECTS; PICEA MARIANA;

CANADA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

ANIMALIA; ARANEAE; PICEA MARIANA;

EID: 80053558298     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2011.08.032     Document Type: Article

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