The influence of riparian vegetation on leaf litter inputs to Boreal Shield streams: Implications for partial-harvest logging in riparian reserves

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 917-927

  Muto, Ellsa A ^a   Kreutzweiser, David P ^b   Sibley, Paul K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASAL AREA; CONIFER NEEDLES; DECIDUOUS TREES; HEADWATER STREAM; INPUT PATTERNS; LEAF LITTER; LINEAR REGRESSION MODELS; RIPARIAN AREAS; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; STEM BASAL AREA;

HARVESTING; LINEAR REGRESSION; LOGGING (FORESTRY);

VEGETATION;

COMMERCIAL SPECIES; CONIFEROUS TREE; DECIDUOUS TREE; LEAF LITTER; LOGGING (TIMBER); NATURE RESERVE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; STREAM;

FOREST LITTER; HARVESTING; LEAVES; LOGGING; PLANTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESERVES;

BOREAL SHIELD; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

CONIFEROPHYTA;

EID: 66249142655     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X09-017     Document Type: Article

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