Thinning and chipping small-diameter ponderosa pine changes understory plant communities on the Colorado Front Range

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 257, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 85-95

  Wolk, Brett ^a   Rocca, Monique E ^a  

^a Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

Chipping; Colorado Front Range; Fuels treatment; Non native species; Ponderosa pine; Understory

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOMASS; HARVESTING; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; VEGETATION;

CHIPPING; COLORADO FRONT RANGE; NON-NATIVE SPECIES; PONDEROSA PINE; UNDERSTORY;

FORESTRY;

ABUNDANCE; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; CONIFEROUS FOREST; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; FIRE MANAGEMENT; MITIGATION; PLANT COMMUNITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; THINNING; UNDERSTORY; VEGETATION COVER;

BIOMASS; CHIPPING; FORESTRY; FUELS; HARVESTING; PINUS PONDEROSA; PLANTS;

COLORADO; FRONT RANGE; NORTH AMERICA; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

PINUS PONDEROSA;

EID: 56449096642     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2008.08.014     Document Type: Article

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