Large woody debris characteristics and contributions to pool formation in forest streams of the Boreal Shield

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1213-1223

  Kreutzweiser, David P ^a   Good, Kevin P ^a   Sutton, Trent M ^b  

^a LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^b Purdue University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; LOGGING (FORESTRY); MORPHOLOGY; RIVERS;

LARGE WOODY DEBRIS (LWD); MIXEDWOOD FORESTS; STREAM MORPHOLOGY;

WOOD PRODUCTS;

POOL; RIVER FLOW; WOODY DEBRIS;

ANATOMY; FORESTS; LOGGING; RIVERS; WOOD PRODUCTS;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 24644503127     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x05-053     Document Type: Article

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