Understory vegetation, resource availability, and litterfall responses to pine thinning and woody vegetation control in longleaf pine plantations

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1055-1064

  Harrington, Timothy B ^a   Edwards, M Boyd ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MOISTURE; PLANTS (BOTANY); VEGETATION;

PINE THINNING; PINUS PALUSTRIS; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; UNDERSTOREY VEGETATION;

FORESTRY;

FOREST MANAGEMENT; LITTERFALL; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; RESPONSE ANALYSIS; THINNING; UNDERSTORY;

SOUTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

PINUS PALUSTRIS;

EID: 0033500051     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x99-118     Document Type: Conference Paper

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