Thinning, burning, and thin-burn fuel treatment effects on soil properties in a Sierra Nevada mixed-conifer forest

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 250, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 156-166

  Moghaddas, Emily E Y ^a   Stephens, Scott L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Forest restoration; Fuel treatment; Sierra Nevada; Skid trail; Soil

Indexed keywords

COMBUSTION; ECOSYSTEMS; FIRES; FORESTRY; FUELS; NITRIFICATION;

FOREST ECOSYSTEMS; FOREST RESTORATION; FUEL TREATMENT; NATURAL PROCESSES; SKID TRAIL; TIMBER MANAGEMENT;

SOILS;

BULK DENSITY; BURNING; CONIFEROUS FOREST; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST FLOOR; FOREST MANAGEMENT; SOIL PROPERTY; STAND STRUCTURE; THINNING;

COMBUSTION; ECOSYSTEMS; FIRES; FORESTRY; FUELS; NITRIFICATION;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SIERRA NEVADA [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

CONIFEROPHYTA;

EID: 34548712936     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2007.05.011     Document Type: Article

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