Short-term responses of small mammals to timber harvest in the United States Central Hardwood Forest Region

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 77, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1650-1663

  Kellner, Kenneth F ^a   Urban, Natasha A ^a,b   Swihart, Robert K ^a  

^a Purdue University ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

clearcut; detection probability; eastern chipmunk; N mixture model; pine vole; shelterwood; short tailed shrew; white footed mouse

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CLEARCUTTING; DATA SET; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FOOD WEB; FOREST; HARVESTING; TIMBER;

UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; BLARINA BREVICAUDA; MAMMALIA; MICROTUS PINETORUM; MURIDAE; PEROMYSCUS; PEROMYSCUS LEUCOPUS; TAMIAS; TAMIAS STRIATUS;

EID: 84886948253     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: 19372817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jwmg.613     Document Type: Article

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