Effects of forest thinning on the streamwater chemistry of two forest watersheds in the Bavarian Alps

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 116, Issue 1-3, 1999, Pages 119-128

  Bäumler, Rupert ^a,b   Zech, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acidification; Forest thinning; Mountain forests; Selective harvest; Streamwater chemistry; Watershed

Indexed keywords

ACIDITY; FORESTED CATCHMENT; HYDROLOGY; STREAMWATER; THINNING; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATERSHED;

GERMANY;

EID: 0033548901     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(98)00441-1     Document Type: Article

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