Thinning of young Douglas-fir forests decreases density of northern flying squirrels in the Oregon Cascades

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 264, Issue , 2012, Pages 115-124

  Manning, Tom ^a   Hagar, Joan C ^b   McComb, Brenda C ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FOREST AND RANGELAND ECOSYSTEM SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Commercial thinning; Glaucomys sabrinus; Northern flying squirrel; Silvicultural thinning

Indexed keywords

CLOSED CANOPIES; COMMERCIAL THINNING; DOUGLAS FIR; FOREST STAND; FOREST STRUCTURE; GLAUCOMYS SABRINUS; LONG-TERM GOALS; NORTHERN FLYING SQUIRREL; NORTHERN SPOTTED OWLS; PACIFIC NORTHWEST; PUBLIC LANDS; SHORT-TERM EFFECTS; SILVICULTURAL THINNING; STANDING DEAD TREES; THINNING TREATMENT; WILDLIFE SPECIES; YOUNG STANDS;

REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

FORESTRY;

CONIFEROUS FOREST; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RODENT; SHRUB; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STAND STRUCTURE; THINNING; UNDERSTORY; WILD POPULATION;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; FORESTS; OREGON; PSEUDOTSUGA; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SHRUBS; SILVICULTURE; THINNING;

CASCADE RANGE; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTHWEST); UNITED STATES;

GLAUCOMYS SABRINUS; PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII; PTEROMYINI; SCIURIDAE; STRIGIFORMES; STRIX OCCIDENTALIS CAURINA;

EID: 80755152875     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2011.09.043     Document Type: Article

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