Meta-analysis of avian and small-mammal response to fire severity and fire surrogate treatments in U.S. Fire-prone forests

Ecological Applications

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1547-1561

  Fontaine, Joseph B ^a   Kennedy, Patricia L ^b  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Birds; Fire and fire surrogate study; Fire management; Fuels reduction; Prescribed fire; Thinning; Wildfire; Wildlife

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; BIODIVERSITY; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FIRE BEHAVIOR; FIRE MANAGEMENT; FUEL; META-ANALYSIS; PRESCRIBED BURNING; SMALL MAMMAL; THINNING;

UNITED STATES;

AVES; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84864125152     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/12-0009.1     Document Type: Article

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