Influence of woody debris on channel structure in old growth and managed forest streams in central Sweden

Environmental Management

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 376-384

  Dahlström, Niklas ^a   Nilsson, Christer ^a  

^a MID SWEDEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Debris dams; Logging; Streams; Sweden; Woody debris

Indexed keywords

DAMS; ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; MANAGEMENT; STREAM FLOW; WOOD;

ABIOTIC CHARACTERISTICS; WOODY DEBRIS;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; LOGGING (TIMBER); STREAM; WOODY DEBRIS;

ARTICLE; DEFORESTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN; LANDSCAPE; LOGGING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RIVER; STREAM (RIVER); SWEDEN; WOOD DEBRIS;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FORESTRY; RIVERS; SWEDEN; TREES; WOOD;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

EID: 2542426551     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-003-3042-2     Document Type: Article

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