If we build habitat, will they come? Woody debris structures and conservation of forest mammals

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1456-1468

  Sullivan, Thomas P ^a   Sullivan, Druscilla S ^b   Lindgren, Pontus M F ^b   Ransome, Douglas B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Applied Mammal Research Institute   (Canada)

Author keywords

forest harvesting; forest floor small mammals; habitat structures; mammalian carnivores; piles and windrows; species richness and diversity; woody debris

Indexed keywords

CARNIVORE; CLEARCUTTING; COARSE WOODY DEBRIS; FOREST FLOOR; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HARVESTING; PILE; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SMALL MAMMAL; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA;

HEXAPODA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 84871230946     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: 15451542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/11-MAMM-A-250.1     Document Type: Article

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