Different restoration thinning treatments affect level of soil disturbance in ponderosa pine forests of Northern Arizona, USA

Ecological Restoration

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 43-49

  Korb, Julie E ^a   Fulé, Peter Z ^b   Gideon, Brian ^b  

^a FORT LEWIS COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Forest restoration; Harvest severity; Harvest system; Pinus ponderosa; Ponderosa pine; Soil disturbance

Indexed keywords

PINUS PONDEROSA;

EID: 33947194946     PISSN: 15434060     EISSN: 15434079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3368/er.25.1.43     Document Type: Article

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