Harvesting effects on soils, tree growth and long-term productivity

USDA Forest Service - General Technical Report PNW

Volumn , Issue 642, 2005, Pages 3-15

  Curran, Michael P ^a,b   Heninger, Ronald L ^c   Maynard, Douglas G ^d   Powers, Robert F ^e  

^a RESEARCH BRANCH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c WEYERHAEUSER COMPANY   (United States)

^d NATURAL RESOURCES CANADA   (Canada)

^e PACIFIC SOUTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Criteria and indicators; Organic matter depletion; Soil compaction; Soil disturbance; Sustainability protocols

Indexed keywords

COMPACTION; DISTURBANCE; FORESTRY PRODUCTION; GROWTH; HARVESTING; ORGANIC MATTER; TREE;

EID: 27644475438     PISSN: 08874840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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