An integrated model for snag and downed woody debris decay class transitions

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 234, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 48-59

  Vanderwel, Mark C ^a   Malcolm, Jay R ^a   Smith, Sandy M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Coarse woody debris; Decay classes; Decomposition; Downed woody debris; Forest management; Pine; Shelterwood; Snags; Transition model

Indexed keywords

WOOD;

COARSE WOODY DEBRIS (CWD); DECAY CLASSES; DOWNED WOODY DEBRIS; SNAGS; TRANSITION MODEL;

DEBRIS;

BIODEGRADATION; CHRONOSEQUENCE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FOREST MANAGEMENT; SNAG; TREEFALL; WOODY DEBRIS;

DECAY; ECOLOGY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; PINUS; WOOD;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO;

PINUS RESINOSA; PINUS STROBUS;

EID: 33748763291     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2006.06.020     Document Type: Article

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