Timber harvesting residue treatment: Part 1. Responses of conifer seedlings, soils and microclimate

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 25-34

  Zabowski, D ^a   Java, B ^b   Scherer, G ^b   Everett, R L ^b   Ottmar, R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Wenatchee Forestry Sciences Laboratory   (United States)

^c Forestry Sciences Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Broadcast burning; Chopping timber slash; Harvesting residues; Prescribed burning; Timber harvesting slash

Indexed keywords

BURNING; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FOREST SOIL; MICROCLIMATE; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; TIMBER HARVESTING;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034141651     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(99)00081-X     Document Type: Article

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