Influence of skidder traffic and canopy removal intensities on the ground flora in a clearcut-with-reserves northern hardwood stand in Minnesota, USA

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 256, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1785-1794

  Zenner, Eric K ^a   Berger, Alaina L ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Canopy cover; Clearcut with reserves; Ground flora; Northern hardwoods; Skidder traffic; Synecological coordinates; Timber harvesting; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; FLOORS; FORESTRY; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; HARDWOODS; HARVESTING; LOGGING (FORESTRY); NETWORK PROTOCOLS; NUTRIENTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SATELLITE NAVIGATION AIDS; SENSOR NETWORKS; SKIDDING; SOIL MECHANICS; SOILS; VEGETATION;

CANOPY COVER; CLEARCUT-WITH-RESERVES; GROUND FLORA; NORTHERN HARDWOODS; SKIDDER TRAFFIC; SYNECOLOGICAL COORDINATES;

COMPUTER NETWORKS;

CLEARCUTTING; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FLORA; GPS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TIMBER HARVESTING; TRAFFIC CONGESTION; VEGETATION COVER;

FORESTRY; HARDWOODS; HARVESTING; LOGGING; NUTRIENTS; PLANTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SENSORS;

MINNESOTA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ANEMONE; ARALIA; ARALIA NUDICAULIS; CIRSIUM; CLINTONIA BOREALIS; MAIANTHEMUM CANADENSE; ORYZOPSIS ASPERIFOLIA; PHLEUM; PHLEUM PRATENSE; RUBUS IDAEUS; SYMPHYOTRICHUM LATERIFLORUM LATERIFLORUM; TRIFOLIUM;

EID: 54149109134     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2008.05.030     Document Type: Article

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