Green-tree retention: Consequences for timber production in forests of the western Cascades, Oregon

Ecological Applications

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 209-217

  Rose, Coulter R ^a,b   Muir, Patricia S ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cascade Mountains; Ecosystem management; Forest management; Green tree retention; New forestry; Pseudotsuga menziesii; Remnant trees; Retrospective study; Tsuga heterophylla

Indexed keywords

DOUGLAS-FIR; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GREEN-TREE RETENTION;

USA, OREGON, CASCADE MOUNTAINS;

PINACEAE; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII;

EID: 0030616823     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(1997)007[0209:GTRCFT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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