Responses of ground-dwelling spiders (Araneae) to variable retention harvesting practices in the boreal forest

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 266, Issue , 2012, Pages 42-53

  Pinzon, Jaime ^a   Spence, John R ^a   Langor, David W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b NORTHERN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aggregated retention; Biodiversity conservation; Dispersed retention; EMEND; Forest management; Natural disturbance emulation

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATED RETENTION; BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION; DISPERSED RETENTION; EMEND; NATURAL DISTURBANCE;

APARTMENT HOUSES; BIODIVERSITY; BUILDINGS; CONSERVATION; HARVESTING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

FORESTRY;

AGGREGATE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIODIVERSITY; BOREAL FOREST; CLEARCUTTING; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DECIDUOUS FOREST; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FOREST COVER; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; SPIDER; SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY; TIMBER HARVESTING;

BIODIVERSITY; BUILDINGS; CONSERVATION; DISPERSIONS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HARVESTING; HOUSES; RETENTION; SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT;

CANADA;

ARANEAE; LYCOSIDAE; PARDOSA MOESTA;

EID: 82155186811     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2011.10.045     Document Type: Article

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