A conceptual model to characterize disturbance severity in forest harvests

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 242, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 58-64

  Roberts, Mark R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Disturbance severity; Forest canopy removal; Forest harvesting; Herbaceous layer; Logging disturbance; Understory removal

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; HARVESTING; VEGETATION; WOOD;

DISTURBANCE SEVERITY; FOREST CANOPY REMOVAL; FOREST HARVESTING; HERBACEOUS LAYERS; LOGGING DISTURBANCE; UNDERSTORY REMOVAL;

FORESTRY;

CONIFEROUS FOREST; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DISTURBANCE; FOREST CANOPY; FOREST FLOOR; FORESTRY MODELING; HABITAT; LOGGING (TIMBER); MIXED FOREST; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; UNDERSTORY;

FOREST CANOPY; FORESTS; HARVESTING; LOGGING;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 33947159105     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2007.01.043     Document Type: Article

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