Biological consequences of clear-cut logging around streams-Moderating effects of management

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 257, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 931-940

  Thompson, R M ^a,b   Phillips, N R ^c   Townsend, C R ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Forestry; New Zealand; Plantation; Riparian buffer; Species traits

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; DEBRIS; HARVESTING; TIMBER;

ALGAL PRODUCTIVITIES; CONIFER PLANTATIONS; FINE SEDIMENTS; FORESTRY MANAGEMENTS; GENERAL PATTERNS; INVERTEBRATE COMMUNITIES; MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; MODERATING EFFECTS; NEW ZEALAND; PLANTATION; RIPARIAN BUFFER; SPECIES TRAITS; STREAM CHANNELS; WOODY DEBRIS;

FORESTRY;

ALGA; BUFFER ZONE; CLEARCUTTING; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; CONIFEROUS FOREST; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GENERALIST; HARVESTING; INVERTEBRATE; LOGGING (TIMBER); PLANTATION; RIPARIAN FOREST; STREAM; WOODY DEBRIS;

AGRICULTURE; BIODIVERSITY; FORESTRY; HARVESTING; NEW ZEALAND; PLANTATIONS;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND;

ALGAE; CONIFEROPHYTA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 58149295963     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2008.10.025     Document Type: Article

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