Measured differences in snow accumulation and melt among clearcut, juvenile, and mature forests in southern British Columbia

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 51-62

  Winkler, Rita D ^a   Spittlehouse, D L ^a   Golding, D L ^b  

^a RESEARCH BRANCH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Clearcutting; Lodgepole pine; Lysimeters; Snow accumulation; Snowmelt; Thinning

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CONTROL; FORESTRY; INSECTICIDES; LOGGING (FORESTRY); MELTING; WATERSHEDS;

BOREAL FOREST WATERSHED; FORESTRY PRACTICES; QUANTIFICATION; SNOW ACCUMULATION;

SNOW;

ENERGY BALANCE; LOGGING (TIMBER); SNOW ACCUMULATION; SNOW COVER; SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT; SNOWMELT;

DISEASES; FORESTS; INSECTS; LOGGING; MELTING; SNOW; WATER SHEDS;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ABIES; ABIES LASIOCARPA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; PICEA; PICEA ENGELMANNII; PINUS CONTORTA;

EID: 13644267116     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.5757     Document Type: Article

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