Soil disturbance and hill-slope sediment transport after logging of a severely burned site in northeastern Oregon

Western Journal of Applied Forestry

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 123-133

  McIver, James D ^a,b   McNeil, R ^c  

^a Pacific Northwest Research Station   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Erosion; Postfire logging; Restoration; Salvage logging; Soil compaction

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; EROSION; FIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SOIL CONSERVATION;

OREGON; POSTFIRE LOGGING; SALVAGE LOGGING; SOIL COMPACTION; SOIL DISTURBANCE; WILDFIRE;

LOGGING (FORESTRY);

CORRELATION; FOREST FIRES; LOGGING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEDIMENTS; SOIL EROSION;

EID: 33746466607     PISSN: 08856095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/wjaf/21.3.123     Document Type: Article

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