Predicted effects of prescribed burning and harvesting on forest recovery and sustainability in southwest Georgia, USA

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 323-332

  Garten, Charles T ^a  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Clear cutting; Degraded soils; Ecosystem modeling; Fire; Forest recovery; Forest sustainability; Military land management; Soil carbon; Soil nitrogen; Thinning

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; HARVESTING; RECOVERY; SAND; SOILS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CLEAR-CUTTING; DEGRADED SOILS; ECOSYSTEM MODEL; FOREST RECOVERY; FOREST SUSTAINABILITY; MILITARY LAND MANAGEMENT; PRESCRIBED BURNING; SOIL CARBON; SOIL NITROGEN; THINNINGS;

FIRES;

CLEARCUTTING; PRESCRIBED BURNING; SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY; THINNING;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOSYSTEM REGENERATION; HARVESTING; PREDICTION; PRESCRIBED BURNING; SIMULATION; SOIL DEGRADATION; STEADY STATE; UNITED STATES;

GEORGIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33750220931     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2005.11.005     Document Type: Article

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