Effects of microsites created by selective harvesting on growth of Microstegium vimineum in a central hardwood forest

Forest Science

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 534-542

  Marshall, Jordan M ^a   Buckley, David S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Forest management; Invasive; Microsite; Soil disturbance

Indexed keywords

GROWTH (MATERIALS); HARDWOODS; HARVESTING; LOGGING (FORESTRY); SOILS;

CANOPY COVERS; CANOPY DISTURBANCES; DOMINANT SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL VARIABLES; EXOTIC SPECIES; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HARDWOOD FORESTS; INVASIVE; LITTER DEPTHS; MACHINE OPERATIONS; MEAN LENGTHS; MICROSITE; MICROSITES; NUMBER OF NODES; SELECTIVE HARVESTS; SKID TRAILS; SOIL DISTURBANCE; STEM LENGTHS; UNITED STATES;

FORESTRY;

FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY; GROWTH; HARDWOODS; HARVESTING; LOGGING; MATERIALS; SOIL;

MICROSTEGIUM VIMINEUM;

EID: 58149100906     PISSN: 0015749X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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