Factors affecting distribution of wood, detritus, and sediment in headwater streams draining managed young-growth red alder - Conifer forests in southeast Alaska

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 725-737

  Gomi, Takashi ^a   Johnson, Adelaide C ^b   Deal, Robert L ^b   Hennon, Paul E ^b   Orlikowska, Ewa H ^b   Wipfli, Mark S ^c  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HARDWOODS; HARVESTING; SEDIMENTS; TIMBER;

DETRITUS; HEADWATER SYSTEMS; ORGANIC MATTER STORAGE; TIMBER HARVESTING;

FORESTRY;

CONIFEROUS FOREST; DETRITUS; HEADWATER; SEDIMENT; STREAM; TIMBER HARVESTING; WOOD;

FORESTRY; FORESTS; HARDWOODS; HARVESTING; SEDIMENTS;

ALASKA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ALNUS RUBRA; BETULACEAE; CONIFEROPHYTA;

EID: 33144489315     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x05-272     Document Type: Article

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