Effect of thinning and prescribed fire restoration treatments on woody debris and snag dynamics in a Sierran old-growth, mixed-conifer forest

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 3183-3193

  Innes, James C ^a,c   North, Malcolm P ^a   Williamson, Nathan ^b  

^a PACIFIC SOUTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b US National Park Service   (United States)

^c USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; MANAGERS;

COARSE WOODY DEBRIS; DEAD WOODY MATERIAL (DWM); RESTORATION TREATMENTS; SNAG DYNAMICS;

FIRE PROTECTION;

CONIFEROUS FOREST; FIRE MANAGEMENT; FOREST DYNAMICS; HABITAT RESTORATION; PRESCRIBED BURNING; RECRUITMENT; SNAG; THINNING; WOODY DEBRIS;

FIRE PROTECTION; FOREST FIRES; FORESTRY; LOGS;

CONIFEROPHYTA;

EID: 34249887637     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X06-184     Document Type: Article

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