Canopy microclimate response to pattern and density of thinning in a Sierra Nevada forest

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 257, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 435-442

  Rambo, T R ^a   North, M P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b USFS Sierra Nevada Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggregated retention; Dispersed retention; Forest canopy; Microclimate; Mixed conifer; Overstory thin; Riparian; Sierra Nevada; Understory thin

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; CONSERVATION; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; TREES (MATHEMATICS); VAPOR PRESSURE;

AGGREGATED RETENTION; DISPERSED RETENTION; FOREST CANOPY; MICROCLIMATE; MIXED-CONIFER; OVERSTORY-THIN; RIPARIAN; SIERRA NEVADA; UNDERSTORY-THIN;

FORESTRY;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CONIFEROUS FOREST; HUMIDITY; MICROCLIMATE; REDUCTION; RIPARIAN FOREST; THINNING; VAPOR PRESSURE;

AGGLOMERATION; CONSERVATION; FIRES; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTS; FUELS; HUMIDITY CONTROL; HYDRAULIC PRESSURE; SENSORS; TEMPERATURE CONTROL; VAPOR PRESSURE;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SIERRA NEVADA [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

CONIFEROPHYTA;

EID: 56649115863     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2008.09.029     Document Type: Article

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