Windthrow disturbance, forest composition, and structure in the Bull Run basin, Oregon

Ecology

Volumn 81, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 2539-2556

  Sinton, Diana S ^a,c   Jones, Julia A ^a   Ohmann, Janet L ^b   Swanson, Frederick J ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^c ALFRED UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Canonical correspondence analysis; Clearcut edges; Disturbance history; Douglas fir; Forest structure; Landscape dynamics; Logistic regression; Oregon, northwest; Pacific silver fir; Pseudotsuga menziesii; Tsuga heterophylla; Western hemlock; Windthrow disturbance

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FOREST DYNAMICS; STAND STRUCTURE; WINDTHROW;

BULL RUN BASIN; OREGON; UNITED STATES;

ABIES; ABIES AMABILIS; CONIUM; CONIUM MACULATUM; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII; TSUGA; TSUGA HETEROPHYLLA;

EID: 0033862157     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2000)081[2539:WDFCAS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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