Characterizing and contrasting instream and riparian coarse wood in western Montana basins

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 226, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 26-40

  Young, Michael K ^a   Mace, Ethan A ^a   Ziegler, Eric T ^a   Sutherland, Elaine K ^a  

^a USDA Forest Service Forestry Science Lab   (United States)

Author keywords

Abundance; Channel type; Reach length; Sample size; Volume; Woody debris

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; STREAM FLOW; WOOD;

ABUNDANCE; CHANNEL TYPE; REACH LENGTH; SAMPLE SIZE; VOLUME; WOODY DEBRIS;

FORESTRY;

FLUVIAL PROCESS; FORESTRY; WOOD;

ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; STREAM FLOW; WOOD;

MONTANA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33645846914     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2006.01.021     Document Type: Article

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