Silvicultural guidelines for creating and managing wildlife habitat in Westside production forests

USDA Forest Service - General Technical Report PNW-GTR

Volumn , Issue 695 PNW-GTR, 2007, Pages 49-59

  Harrington, Timothy B ^a   Tappeiner II, John C ^b  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONIFEROUS TREE; HABITAT CREATION; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; OVERSTORY; REGENERATION; SHRUB; SILVICULTURE; SNAG; THINNING; TREE PLANTING; UNDERSTORY; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT; WOODY DEBRIS;

NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC NORTHWEST;

CONIFEROPHYTA;

EID: 34247214001     PISSN: 08874840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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