Windthrow following four harvest treatments in an Engelmann spruce - Subalpine fir forest in southern interior British Columbia, Canada

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1547-1556

  Huggard, David J ^a,b   Klenner, Walt ^a   Vyse, Alan ^a  

^a RESEARCH BRANCH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOREST MANAGEMENT; HARVESTING; WINDTHROW;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA;

ABIES; ABIES LASIOCARPA; PICEA; PICEA ENGELMANNII;

EID: 0033305853     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x99-135     Document Type: Article

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