Postfire logging in riparian areas

Conservation Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 994-1004

  Reeves, Gordon H ^a   Bisson, Peter A ^b   Rieman, Bruce E ^c   Benda, Lee E ^d  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^c ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^d Earth Systems Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Fire behavior; Riparian habitat restoration; Riparian management; Timber harvest; Wildfire

Indexed keywords

WATER;

FIRE BEHAVIOR; FISH; HABITAT RESTORATION; HARVESTING; LOGGING (TIMBER); REFORESTATION; RIPARIAN ZONE; WILDFIRE;

DISASTER; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FIRE; FORESTRY; GEOGRAPHY; LEGAL ASPECT; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW; TREE;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; FIRES; FORESTRY; GEOGRAPHY; NATURAL DISASTERS; TREES; WATER;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

INSECTA;

EID: 33746361768     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2006.00502.x     Document Type: Review

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