Understory plant species composition 30-50 years after clearcutting in southeastern Wyoming coniferous forests

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 185, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 275-289

  Selmants, Paul C ^a,b   Knight, Dennis H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Clearcut logging; Coniferous forests; Pinus contorta; Rocky Mountains; Slash treatment; Understory species composition; Vaccinium scoparium; Wyoming

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; FIRES; HARVESTING; PLANTS (BOTANY);

SLASH TREATMENT;

FORESTRY;

CLEARCUTTING; CONIFEROUS FOREST; SPECIES RICHNESS; UNDERSTORY; WILDFIRE;

PINUS CONTORTA; VACCINIUM; VACCINIUM SCOPARIUM;

EID: 0344304502     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(03)00224-X     Document Type: Article

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