Ground-layer plant community responses to even-age and uneven-age silvicultural treatments in Wisconsin northern hardwood forests

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 230, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 162-170

  Kern, Christel C ^a   Palik, Brian J ^a   Strong, Terry F ^b  

^a NORTH CENTRAL RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Even age management; Evenness; Herbaceous plant diversity; Northern hardwoods; Richness; Uneven age management; Winter logging

Indexed keywords

EVEN-AGE MANAGEMENT; EVENNESS; HERBACEOUS PLANT DIVERSITY; NORTHERN HARDWOODS; RICHNESS; UNEVEN-AGE MANAGEMENT; WINTER LOGGING;

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATOLOGY; HARDWOODS; PLANTS (BOTANY);

FORESTRY;

BIODIVERSITY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; PLANT COMMUNITY; SILVICULTURE;

FORESTRY; HARDWOODS; METEOROLOGY; PLANTS;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WISCONSIN;

EID: 33745441939     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2006.03.034     Document Type: Article

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