Temporal and spatial dynamics of coarse woody debris in harvested and unharvested lodgepole pine forests

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 141, Issue 1-3, 2001, Pages 125-149

  Tinker, Daniel B ^b   Knight, Dennis H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b WESTERN CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Clearcutting vs. natural fires; Coarse woody debris; CWD biomass created by disturbance; CWD effects on soil development; Fire ecology; Forest floor coverage by CWD; Historic range of variability; Lodgepole pine; Lodgepole pine fire return intervals; Pinus contorta; Post harvest slash treatment; Rates of CWD production; Simulation models; Timber harvest; Yellowstone National Park

Indexed keywords

COARSE WOODY DEBRIS; CONIFEROUS FOREST; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FIRE; HARVESTING; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035389483     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3800(01)00269-1     Document Type: Article

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