Salvage logging after an insect outbreak reduces occupancy by snowshoe hares (Lepus americanus) and their primary predators
Salvage logging after a natural disturbance is controversial because it may disrupt forest succession and reduce the value of wildlife habitat, but few studies have examined consequences on predator-prey systems. For herbivores that consume early-seral vegetation, salvage logging may simultaneously...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2019-01-01
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Series: | Global Ecology and Conservation |
Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2351989418303925 |