Do improvement harvests mitigate oak decline in Missouri Ozark forests?

Northern Journal of Applied Forestry

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 123-128

  Dwyer, John P ^b   Kabrick, John M ^a   Wetteroff, James ^c  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^c Environmental Consultants Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Improvement harvest; Missouri Ozark forests; Oak decline

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HARVESTING; PATHOGENS;

IMPROVEMENT HARVEST; MISSOURI OZARK FORESTS; OAK DECLINE; OAK-DOMINATED FORESTS;

FORESTRY;

HARVESTING; PATHOGENS; QUERCUS;

QUERCUS ALBA; QUERCUS RUBRA;

EID: 34547260260     PISSN: 07426348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/njaf/24.2.123     Document Type: Article

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