Dynamics of wood recruitment in streams of the northeastern US

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 258, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 804-813

  Warren, Dana R ^a   Kraft, Clifford E ^a   Keeton, William S ^b   Nunery, Jared S ^b   Likens, Gene E ^c  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^c CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Debris dam; Large woody debris; LWD; Northeastern US; Riparian forest; Stream restoration; Wood dynamics; Wood recruitment

Indexed keywords

LARGE WOODY DEBRIS; LWD; NORTHEASTERN US; RIPARIAN FOREST; STREAM RESTORATION;

CONSERVATION; DAMS; DEBRIS; DRILLING; DYNAMICS; ECOSYSTEMS; EMPLOYMENT; FORESTRY; PLANNING; RESTORATION;

WOOD;

AKAIKE INFORMATION CRITERION; DISTURBANCE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FIRE HISTORY; FOREST CANOPY; FOREST DYNAMICS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); RESTORATION ECOLOGY; RIPARIAN FOREST; STREAM; WOODLAND;

CONSERVATION; DAMS; DRILLING; ECOSYSTEMS; EMPLOYMENT; FORESTRY; PLANNING; RESTORATION; RIVERS; WOOD;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67650161475     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2009.05.020     Document Type: Article

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