Persistence of tree cavities used by cavity-nesting vertebrates declines in harvested forests

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 770-776

  Edworthy, Amanda B ^a,c   Martin, Kathy ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

British Columbia; forest harvesting; Populus tremuloides; tree cavities; tree hollows; variable retention; wildlife reserves

Indexed keywords

CAVITY; DISTURBANCE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HARVESTING; INCLUSION; LONGEVITY; MONITORING; PERSISTENCE; POPULATION DECLINE; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SURVIVAL; TREE; VERTEBRATE; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT; WINDTHROW;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA;

POPULUS; POPULUS TREMULOIDES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84876393926     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: 19372817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jwmg.526     Document Type: Article

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