Soil disturbance and the potential for erosion after mechanical site preparation

Northern Journal of Applied Forestry

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 5-13

  Alcázar, Jorge ^a   Rothwell, Richard L ^b   Woodard, Paul M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Mechanical site preparation; Physical soil properties; Soil distribution; Soil erosion

Indexed keywords

EROSION; NUTRITION; SEDIMENTS; STATISTICAL METHODS; TEXTURES; TRENCHING;

MECHANICAL SITE PREPARATION; PHYSICAL SOIL PROPERTIES; PLOUGHING; SOIL DISTRIBUTIONS;

SOILS;

NUTRITION; ORGANIC MATTER; SEDIMENTS; SEEDLINGS; SOIL EROSION; STATISTICAL METHODS; TEXTURE;

EID: 4644250735     PISSN: 07426348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/njaf/19.1.5     Document Type: Article

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