Does forest harvesting emulate fire disturbance? A comparison of effects on selected attributes in coniferous-dominated headwater systems

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 214, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 305-319

  Nitschke, Craig R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Coniferous; Harvesting; Headwater systems; Meta analysis; North America; Sedimentation; Summer stream flow; Temperature; Water chemistry; Wildfire

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CATCHMENTS; COMBUSTION; ECOSYSTEMS; FIRES; HARVESTING; SEDIMENTATION; STREAM FLOW; WATER; WATER QUALITY;

EMULATION; FIRE DISTURBANCES; NATURAL DISTURBANCES; RIPARIAN ECOSYSTEM;

FORESTRY;

ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HARVESTING; RIPARIAN FOREST; WILDFIRE;

FOREST FIRES; FORESTRY; HARVESTING; STREAM FLOW; SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 21444444403     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2005.04.015     Document Type: Article

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