Response of small mammals to alternative stand structures in the mixed-conifer forest of northeastern CaliforniaThis article is one of a selection of papers from the Special Forum on Ecological Studies in Interior Ponderosa Pine — First Findings from Blacks Mountain Interdisciplinary Research.

摘要: A common, but largely untested, strategy for maintaining forest biodiversity is to enhance stand structural complexity. silvicultural experiment was implemented from 1996 1998 at Blacks Mountain Experimental Forest, California, test the efficacy of two levels diversity (high versus low) and prescribed underburning (burn no burn) or restoring biodiversity. Small mammals were trapped tagged in experimental units 2 noncontiguous weeks fall 2003 2004. Total number captures captured individuals varied by year (P < 0.002). No treatment effects detected all species lumped together three most frequent analyzed separately (Tamias amoenus J.A. Allen, 1890, Peromyscus maniculatus (Wagner, 1845), Spermophilus lateralis (Say, 1823)), with exception that T. more often burned 2004 (P = 0.004 × burn interaction). Mixed-effects regression models indicated ...