The effects of timber harvesting on the structure and composition of adjacent old-growth coast redwood forest, California, USA

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 731-741

  Russell, William H ^a   Jones, Cristina ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b Redwood National Park   (United States)

Author keywords

Edge effects; geographical information system; preserve; redwood; Sequoia sempervirens

Indexed keywords

EDGE EFFECT; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; STAND STRUCTURE; TIMBER HARVESTING;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; REDWOOD NATIONAL PARK; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

SEQUOIA; SEQUOIA SEMPERVIRENS;

EID: 11144299029     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1014486030462     Document Type: Article

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