Fuel treatment effects on snags and coarse woody debris in a Sierra Nevada mixed conifer forest

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 214, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 53-64

  Stephens, Scott L ^a   Moghaddas, Jason J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Coarse wood; Downed logs; Fire hazard; Forest restoration; Fuels; Prescribed fire

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEMS; FIRE HAZARDS; PROBABILITY;

FIRE CONTROL; FUEL TREATMENTS; WILD FIRES; WOOD DEBRIS;

WOOD FUELS;

COARSE WOODY DEBRIS; FIRE MANAGEMENT; PRESCRIBED BURNING; SNAG; STAND STRUCTURE;

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEMS; FIRE PREVENTION; FUELS; SOFTWOODS;

CONIFEROPHYTA;

EID: 21444432722     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2005.03.055     Document Type: Article

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