An ecoregional context for forest management on national wildlife refuges of the Upper Midwest, USA

Environmental Management

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 359-371

  Corace III, R Gregory ^a   Shartell, Lindsey M ^b   Schulte, Lisa A ^c   Brininger, Wayne L ^d   McDowell, Michelle K D ^e   Kashian, Daniel M ^f  

^a U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d US Fish and Wildlife Service   (United States)

^e Rice Lake National Wildlife Refuge   (United States)

^f WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation; Ecoregions; Forest restoration; Land cover; Landscape metrics; National Wildlife Refuge System

Indexed keywords

ECOREGIONS; FOREST RESTORATION; LAND COVER; LANDSCAPE METRICS; WILDLIFE REFUGE;

ANIMALS; CONSERVATION; ECOLOGY;

FORESTRY;

BROAD-LEAVED FOREST; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ECOREGION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HABITAT CONSERVATION; LAND COVER; LANDOWNERSHIP; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PROTECTED AREA; REFUGE; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; BIOGEOGRAPHIC REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOSYSTEM FIRE HISTORY; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; FOREST DYNAMICS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FOREST STRUCTURE; HABITAT PATCHINESS; HABITAT QUALITY; LAND USE; REFUGEE; SPECIES CONSERVATION; UNITED STATES; WILDLIFE CONSERVATION;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BIRDS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FORESTRY; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; TREES;

ANIMALS; CONSERVATION; ECOLOGY; FORESTS; LAND USE; UNITED STATES; WILD LIFE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84856972981     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-011-9776-3     Document Type: Article

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