Wind and remnant tree sway in forest cutblocks. I. Measured winds in experimental cutblocks

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 229-242

  Flesch, Thomas K ^a   Wilson, John D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Forest management; Forest winds; Windbreaks; Windthrow

Indexed keywords

FOREST; SILVICULTURE; TREE; WIND BREAK; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 0033594097     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1923(98)00112-9     Document Type: Article

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