Cavity trees and coarse woody debris in old-growth and managed northern hardwood forests in Wisconsin and Michigan

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 427-438

  Goodburn, John M ^a   Lorimer, Craig G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAVITY TREE; COARSE WOODY DEBRIS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HARDWOOD FOREST; OLD-GROWTH FOREST;

MICHIGAN; USA; WISCONSIN;

TSUGA;

EID: 0031825174     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x98-014     Document Type: Article

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