Coarse woody debris dynamics in the southern Appalachians as affected by topographic position and anthropogenic disturbance history

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 217, Issue 2-3, 2005, Pages 319-330

  Webster, Christopher R ^a   Jenkins, Michael A ^b  

^a MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Great Smoky Mountains National Park   (United States)

Author keywords

Down deadwood; Great Smoky Mountains National Park; Large diameter coarse woody debris; Snags

Indexed keywords

LOGGING (FORESTRY); WOOD;

DOWN DEADWOOD; LARGE DIAMETER COARSE WOODY DEBRIS; SNAGS;

FORESTRY;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; COARSE WOODY DEBRIS; DISTURBANCE; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT;

DEAD WOOD; DYNAMICS; FORESTS; LOGGING; WOOD;

APPALACHIANS; NORTH AMERICA; TENNESSEE; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 26244443509     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2005.06.011     Document Type: Article

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