Integrating red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) habitat requirements with the management of pathogenic tree disease in commercial forests in the UK

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 279, Issue , 2012, Pages 167-175

  Shuttleworth, Craig M ^a   Lurz, Peter W W ^b   Geddes, Neville ^c   Browne, John ^d  

^a Red Squirrel Trust Wales   (United Kingdom)

^b Forestry Commission ^*  (Germany)

^c FORESTRY COMMISSION   (United Kingdom)

^d Forestry Commission Wales Coed y Mynydd Forest District   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conservation; Forest disease; Habitat management; Needle blight; Red squirrel

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; CONSERVATION; CROPS; ECOSYSTEMS; NEEDLES; PLANTS (BOTANY);

COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE; FOREST DISEASE; FOREST ENVIRONMENTS; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; MANAGEMENT PROTOCOLS; PHYTOPHTHORA RAMORUM; RED BAND NEEDLE BLIGHT; RED SQUIRREL;

FORESTRY;

CONIFEROUS TREE; DISEASE PREVALENCE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT TYPE; INFECTIVITY; INTEGRATED APPROACH; INTRODUCED SPECIES; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; PATHOGENICITY; RODENT; SPECIES CONSERVATION; THINNING;

COMPETITION; CONSERVATION; DISEASES; ECOLOGY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTS; NEEDLES;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED KINGDOM;

CORYLUS AMERICANA; LARIX; MYCOSPHAERELLA PINI; PHYTOPHTHORA; PHYTOPHTHORA RAMORUM; PICEA SITCHENSIS; PINUS CONTORTA; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; PSEUDOLARIX KAEMPFERI; SCIURIDAE; SCIURUS; SCIURUS VULGARIS; TAMIASCIURUS;

EID: 84862685702     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2012.05.019     Document Type: Article

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