Alternative silvicultural practices in irregular boreal Forests: Response of beetle Assemblages

Silva Fennica

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 937-956

  Légaré, Jean Philippe ^a   Hébert, Christian ^b   Ruel, Jean Claude ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Coarse woody debris; Irregular stands; Old growth forest; Selection cutting; Sustainable management

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FORESTS; CANADIAN BOREAL FOREST; CANOPY OPENING; COARSE WOODY DEBRIS; DOWNED WOODY DEBRIS; IN-CONTROL; MULTI-DIRECTIONAL; OLD-GROWTH; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; PITFALL TRAPS; SAMPLING DESIGN; SAPROXYLIC; SAPROXYLIC BEETLES; SELECTION CUTTING; SILVICULTURAL PRACTICES; SILVICULTURAL TREATMENTS; SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT;

BIODIVERSITY; DEBRIS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

FORESTRY;

ABUNDANCE; BEETLE; BOREAL FOREST; CLEARCUTTING; COARSE WOODY DEBRIS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; SAMPLING; SILVICULTURE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STAND DYNAMICS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

BIODIVERSITY; FORESTRY; FORESTS;

CANADA;

COLEOPTERA;

EID: 84856591781     PISSN: 00375330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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