Damage to appalachian hardwoods from diameter-limit harvesting and shelterwood establishment cutting

Northern Journal of Applied Forestry

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 80-87

  Fajvan, Mary Ann ^a   Knipling, Karl E ^a,b   Tift, Brian D ^a,c  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b F and W Forestry Services Inc   (United States)

^c F and W Forestry Services Inc ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Diameter limit harvesting; Logging damage; Shelterwood

Indexed keywords

CUTTING; GROWTH KINETICS; HARVESTING; LOGGING (FORESTRY); OPTIMIZATION; TISSUE;

DIAMETER-LIMIT HARVESTING; HARVESTING DAMAGE; LOGGING DAMAGE;

HARDWOODS;

CUTTING; HARDWOODS; HARVESTING; LOGGING; PLANT TISSUES; SHELTERWOOD;

EID: 3042809884     PISSN: 07426348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/njaf/19.2.80     Document Type: Article

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