Bucket mounding as a mechanical site preparation technique in wetlands

Northern Journal of Applied Forestry

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 7-13

  Londo, Andrew J ^a,b   Mroz, Glenn D ^a  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bucket mounding; Forested wetlands; Lake states; Microtopography; Site preparation

Indexed keywords

EID: 4344617242     PISSN: 07426348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/njaf/18.1.7     Document Type: Article

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