Do we create ecological traps when trying to emulate natural disturbances? A test on songbirds of the northern hardwood forest

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1213-1219

  Villard, Marc André ^a   D'Astous, Émilie ^a   Haché, Samuel ^b   Poulin, Jean François ^a,c   Thériault, Stéphane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONCTON   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c WSP   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASAL AREA; CANOPY GAPS; COMBINED EFFECT; FIELD EXPERIMENT; HABITAT TYPE; ICE STORM; LARGE-SCALE APPLICATIONS; NATURAL DISTURBANCE; NORTHERN HARDWOOD FOREST; PER CAPITA; PER UNIT; POSTHARVEST; TREATMENT EFFECTS; WINDTHROWS;

BIODIVERSITY; BIRDS; ECOSYSTEMS; HARDWOODS; HARVESTING; PRODUCTIVITY;

FORESTRY;

DISTURBANCE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT TYPE; HARVESTING; SENESCENCE; SONGBIRD; TRAP (EQUIPMENT);

EID: 84864814693     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: 12086037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X2012-047     Document Type: Article

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