The effect of variable-retention riparian buffer zones on water temperatures in small headwater streams in sub-boreal forest ecosystems of British Columbia

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1371-1382

  Macdonald, J S ^a   MacIsaac, E A ^a   Herunter, H E ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HARVESTING; INSECT CONTROL; THERMAL EFFECTS;

FOREST HARVESTING;

STREAM FLOW;

BOREAL FOREST; BUFFER ZONE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HARVESTING; RIPARIAN ZONE; STREAM; WATER TEMPERATURE;

CANADA;

CELLULAR ORGANISMS; INSECTA; RIPARIA;

EID: 0141857684     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x03-015     Document Type: Conference Paper

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