Tree regeneration following clearcut logging in red fir forests of California

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 104, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 101-111

  Barbour, M G ^a   Fernau, R F ^a   Benayas, J M Rey ^a   Jurjavcic, N ^a   Royce, E B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Abies magnifica; Climate model; Montane conifer forest; Secondary succession

Indexed keywords

CLEARCUT; FIR FOREST; LOGGING; MICROCLIMATE; RED FIR; REGENERATION;

USA, CALIFORNIA, SIERRA NEVADA;

EID: 0031949087     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(97)00244-2     Document Type: Article

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