Edge-related responses of understory plants to aggregated retention harvest in the Pacific Northwest

Ecological Applications

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 196-209

  Nelson, Cara R ^a   Halpern, Charles B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Community composition; Edge effects; Forest borders; Forest management; Forest remnants; Green tree retention; Logging effects; Plant communities; Pseudotsuga menziesii; Understory; Vegetation; Vegetation gradients

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; EDGE EFFECT; FOREST MANAGEMENT; STAND DYNAMICS; TIMBER HARVESTING; UNDERSTORY;

CASCADE RANGE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES]; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ABIES; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 13944271505     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/03-6002     Document Type: Article

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