Snow accumulation in thinned lodgepole pine stands, Montana, USA

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 235, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 202-211

  Woods, Scott W ^a   Ahl, Robert ^a   Sappington, Jason ^a   McCaughey, Ward ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b USDA Forest Service Forestry Science Lab   (United States)

Author keywords

Forest hydrology; Interception; Snow accumulation; Thinning

Indexed keywords

INTERCEPTION; PINE STANDS; SNOW ACCUMULATION;

FIRES; HYDROLOGY; WATERSHEDS;

FORESTRY;

EVERGREEN TREE; SILVICULTURE; SNOW ACCUMULATION; SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT; STORM DAMAGE; THINNING; WATERSHED; WILDFIRE;

FIRES; FORESTS; PINUS; SHELTERWOOD; SILVICULTURE; THINNING;

MONTANA; NORTH AMERICA; TENDERFOOT CREEK EXPERIMENTAL FOREST; UNITED STATES;

PINUS CONTORTA;

EID: 33749537822     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2006.08.013     Document Type: Article

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