Preliminary study of the effects of headwater riparian reserves with upslope thinning on stream habitats and amphibians in western Oregon

Forest Science

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 331-342

  Olson, Deanna H ^a   Rugger, Cynthia ^b,c  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Forest density management; Headwater streams; Riparian buffer zone; Salamanders; Stream bank

Indexed keywords

BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FORESTRY;

FOREST DENSITY MANAGEMENT; HEADWATER STREAMS; RIPARIAN BUFFER ZONE; SALAMANDERS; STREAM BANK;

RIVERS;

ECOSYSTEMS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; RIVERS; THINNING;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; CONIFEROPHYTA; CRYPTOBRANCHIDAE; DICAMPTODON TENEBROSUS; PLETHODON VEHICULUM; SALAMANDRIDAE; SALAMANDROIDEA; TARICHA; TARICHA GRANULOSA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 34147113353     PISSN: 0015749X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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