Microclimate in forest ecosystem and landscape ecology: Variations in local climate can be used to monitor and compare the effects of different management regimes

BioScience

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 288-297

  Chen, Jiquan ^a   Saunders, Sari C ^a   Crow, Thomas R ^b   Naiman, Robert J ^c   Brosofske, Kimberley D ^a   Mroz, Glenn D ^a   Brookshire, Brian L ^d   Franklin, Jerry F ^c  

^a MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (United States)

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EID: 0032939513     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1313612     Document Type: Article

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