Indicator guilds representing forest composition and configuration in the Great Lakes - St. Lawrence forest region - A nationally replicable selection methodology

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 23, Issue , 2012, Pages 374-383

  Hart, Mark ^a   Bush, Peter ^b   Malouin, Christian ^c  

^a LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^b Nova Scotia Department of the Environment   (Canada)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bird; Composition; Forest; Fragmentation; GIS; Structure

Indexed keywords

BREEDING BIRD SURVEY; DATA AVAILABILITY; ENVIRONMENTAL VALUES; FOREST; FOREST COMPOSITIONS; FOREST REGIONS; FRAGMENTATION; GREAT LAKES; HABITAT PREFERENCES; INDICATOR SPECIES; LAND COVER; LANDSAT; POLICY OBJECTIVES; REGIONAL SCALE; SHORT TERM; SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT;

BIRDS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; LAKES; OCEAN HABITATS; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION);

FORESTRY;

ABUNDANCE; BIOINDICATOR; BIRD; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DATA SET; DECIDUOUS TREE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GIS; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT SELECTION; LAND COVER; LANDSAT; POLICY MAKING; SELECTION; WETLAND MANAGEMENT;

BIODIVERSITY; BIRDS; CANADA; GIS; LAKES; STRUCTURES; SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA];

AVES;

EID: 84860992350     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2012.04.018     Document Type: Article

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