Mixed alder-conifer forests: Managing upland ecosystems in Southeast Alaska for wood products, wildlife, and fish

USDA Forest Service - General Technical Report PNW

Volumn , Issue 563, 2002, Pages 51-60

  Hennon, Paul ^a,b   Wipfli, Mark ^a   Deal, Robert ^a   Johnson, Adelaide ^a   De Santo, Toni ^a   Schultz, Mark ^b   Hanley, Tom ^a   Orlikowska, Ewa ^a   Takashi, Gomi ^c   Bryant, Mason ^a   Edwards, Rick ^a  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b State and Private Forestry   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fish habitat; Invertebrates; Red alder; Wildlife habitat; Woody debris

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FOREST MANAGEMENT; SILVICULTURE; TROPHIC INTERACTION;

ALNUS RUBRA; BETULACEAE; CONIFEROPHYTA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 33646990709     PISSN: 08874840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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