Dynamics of coarse woody debris following gap harvesting in the Acadian forest of central Maine, U.S.A.

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 2094-2105

  Fraver, Shawn ^a   Wagner, Robert G ^a   Day, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; HARVESTING; WOOD WASTES;

POST-HARVEST REDUCTION;

FORESTRY;

BIOMASS; COARSE WOODY DEBRIS; HARVESTING; SILVICULTURE; VOLUME;

UNITED STATES;

IMPLETA;

EID: 0036998762     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x02-131     Document Type: Article

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