Big, sick, and rotting: Why tree size, damage, and decay are important to fisher reproductive habitat

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 265, Issue , 2012, Pages 230-240

  Weir, Richard D ^a   Phinney, Mark ^b   Lofroth, Eric C ^c  

^a Louisiana Pacific Canada Ltd ^*  (Canada)

^b Louisiana Pacific Canada Ltd   (Canada)

^c Ministry of Environment British Columbia   (Canada)

Author keywords

Boreal forest; Cavity; Decay; Fishers; Martes pennanti; Populus

Indexed keywords

CELL PROLIFERATION; DECAY (ORGANIC); ECOSYSTEMS; INFORMATION THEORY;

BOREAL FORESTS; CAVITY; DECAY; FISHERS; MARTES PENNANTI; POPULUS;

FORESTRY;

BOREAL FOREST; CAVITY; DECIDUOUS FOREST; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HABITAT CONSERVATION; MIXED FOREST; MUSTELID; RADIOTELEMETRY; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

DECAY; ECOSYSTEMS; FISHES; FORESTRY; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; POPULUS; SITES;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; DAWSON CREEK;

MARTES PENNANTI; POPULUS; POPULUS BALSAMIFERA; POPULUS TREMULOIDES;

EID: 82055202822     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2011.10.043     Document Type: Article

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