Relationships of dead wood patterns with biophysical characteristics and ownership according to scale in Coastal Oregon, USA

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 55-68

  Kennedy, Rebecca S H ^a   Spies, Thomas A ^a   Gregory, Matthew J ^b  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate; Coarse woody debris; Coast range; Forest history; Forest management; Landscape ecology; Legacy; Logs; Snags; Topography

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BASIN; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE EFFECT; COASTAL ZONE; DEAD WOOD; FOREST MANAGEMENT; LANDOWNERSHIP; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SNAG; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; WATERSHED;

NORTH AMERICA; OREGON; UNITED STATES;

EID: 37349081917     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10980-007-9164-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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