Visually determined soil disturbance classes used as indices of forest harvesting disturbance

Southern Journal of Applied Forestry

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 245-250

  Aust, W Michael ^a   Burger, James A ^a   Carter, Emily A ^b   Preston, David P ^c   Patterson, Steven C ^c  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^c MeadWestvaco Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULTIVATION; HARVESTING; HYDROLOGY; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; PRODUCTIVITY; SITE SELECTION; SOIL MECHANICS;

FOREST HARVESTING DISTURBANCE; SITE PROPERTIES; SOIL DISTURBANCES;

FORESTRY;

EID: 0032204948     PISSN: 01484419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sjaf/22.4.245     Document Type: Article

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