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1. Abundance and species composition of amphibians, small mammals, and songbirds in riparian forest buffer strips of varying widths in the boreal mixedwood of Alberta .

Author

Hannon, Susan J., Paszkowski, Cynthia A., Boutin, Stan, DeGroot, Jordan, Macdonald, S. Ellen, Wheatley, Matt, and Eaton, Brian R.

Subjects
BUFFER zones (Ecosystem management), FOREST reserves, TAIGA ecology, FOREST ecology, VERTEBRATES, FOREST animals
Abstract

Reports on changes in terrestrial vertebrate communities from pre- to post-harvest in experimentally created buffer strips (20, 100, 200, and 800 m wide) in a boreal mixedwood forest in Alberta, Canada. Focus on the utility of forested buffer strips as reserves for forest species in managed landscapes; Observations on abundance of small mammals, amphibians, and forest-dependent bird species; Conclusion that 20?100 m buffers would not serve as reserves for forest songbirds in managed landscapes.

Published
2002
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