Soil strength response of select soil disturbance classes on a wet pine flat in South Carolina

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 247, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 131-139

  Carter, Emily A ^a   Aust, W Michael ^b   Burger, James A ^b  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bedding; Coastal Plain; Disturbance classes; Harvest; Loblolly pine; Mole plowing; Wet pine flat

Indexed keywords

COASTAL PLAIN; DISTURBANCE CLASSES; MOLE PLOWING; SOIL SURFACE; SURFACE DISTURBANCE; WET PINE FLAT;

ECOSYSTEMS; HARVESTERS; SOIL MOISTURE;

FORESTRY;

COASTAL PLAIN; DISTURBANCE; HARVESTING; PLOWING; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL STRENGTH; TRAMPLING;

ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; HARVESTERS; MOISTURE; PINUS TAEDA; SOIL;

NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

INSECTIVORA; PINUS TAEDA;

EID: 34447287142     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2007.04.026     Document Type: Article

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