Old-growth forests in the Sierra Nevada: By type in 1945 and 1993 and ownership in 1993

USDA Forest Service - Research Papers RMRS

Volumn , Issue PNW-RP-516, 1999, Pages 1-46

  Beardsley, Debby ^a   Bolsinger, Charles ^a   Warbington, Ralph ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

California; Douglas fir; Forest area; Forest stands; Inventory; Jeffrey pine; Lodgepole pine; Mixed conifer; Mixed subalpine; Mountain hemlock; National Forests; Old growth; Ponderosa pine; Red fir; White fir

Indexed keywords

FOREST INVENTORY; OLD-GROWTH FOREST;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032827393     PISSN: 05025001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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