Fuel and stand conditions in an isolated, unmanaged forest landscape in central Oregon

Annals of Forest Science

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 207-207

  Stanton, Sharon ^a   Arabas, Karen B ^b  

^a PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coarse woody debris; Fire hazard; Fuels; Old growth forest

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EVERGREEN TREE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; LANDSCAPE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WOODY DEBRIS;

NORTH AMERICA; OREGON; UNITED STATES;

ABIES GRANDIS; PINUS CONTORTA;

EID: 61849140090     PISSN: 12864560     EISSN: 1297966X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/forest/2008089     Document Type: Article

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