Long-term post-wildfire dynamics of coarse woody debris after salvage logging and implications for soil heating in dry forests of the eastern Cascades, Washington

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 255, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 3952-3961

  Monsanto, Philip G ^a   Agee, James K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Coarse woody debris; Pinus ponderosa; Salvage logging; Soil heating; Washington state; Wildfire

Indexed keywords

HEATING; SOILS;

COARSE WOODY DEBRIS; SALVAGE LOGGING; SOIL HEATING;

LOGGING (FORESTRY);

BIOMASS; CHRONOSEQUENCE; COARSE WOODY DEBRIS; CONIFEROUS TREE; DRY FOREST; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FOREST FIRE; HEATING; LOGGING (TIMBER); SALVAGING; SOIL TEMPERATURE; WILDFIRE;

HEATING; LOGGING; PINUS PONDEROSA; SOIL;

NORTH AMERICA; OKANOGAN NATIONAL FOREST; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES]; WENATCHEE NATIONAL FOREST;

PINUS PONDEROSA; PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII;

EID: 44549085315     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2008.03.048     Document Type: Article

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