Variable-retention harvests in the Pacific Northwest: A review of short-term findings from the DEMO study

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 258, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 398-408

  Aubry, Keith B ^a   Halpern, Charles B ^b   Peterson, Charles E ^a  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggregated retention; Biological responses; Dispersed retention; Forest structure; Green tree retention; Public perceptions; Refugia

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATED RETENTION; BIOLOGICAL RESPONSES; DISPERSED RETENTION; FOREST STRUCTURE; GREEN-TREE RETENTION; PUBLIC PERCEPTIONS; REFUGIA;

AGGREGATES; ANIMALS; ECOLOGY; HARVESTING;

FORESTRY;

CONIFEROUS FOREST; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY PRACTICE; HARVESTING; REFUGIUM; STAND STRUCTURE;

AGGREGATE; ANIMALS; FORESTRY; HARVESTING; RETENTION; TREES;

NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC NORTHWEST;

ANIMALIA; BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; MIMOSA; PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII;

EID: 67649352735     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2009.03.013     Document Type: Article

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