Long-term snag and downed woody debris dynamics under periodic surface fire, fire suppression, and shelterwood management

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1709-1721

  Vanderwel, Mark C ^a   Malcolm, Jay R ^a   Smith, Sandy M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COARSE WOODY DEBRIS; DECAY CLASS; DOWNED WOODY DEBRIS; FIRE SCENARIOS; FIRE SUPPRESSION; HARVEST RESIDUES; OLD-GROWTH STANDS; PARTIAL HARVESTING; PERIODIC SURFACES; PINUS RESINOSA; SHELTERWOOD MANAGEMENT; SIMULATION MODEL; SNAG DENSITY; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WHITE PINE;

DEBRIS; FIRES; HARVESTING; SURFACES;

FORESTRY;

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; COARSE WOODY DEBRIS; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FIRE BEHAVIOR; FOREST FIRE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY MODELING; HARVESTING; LONG-TERM CHANGE; PERIODICITY; RETENTION; SNAG; STAND DYNAMICS; TEMPORAL VARIATION; VOLUME CHANGE;

PINUS RESINOSA; PINUS STROBUS;

EID: 70249086284     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X09-087     Document Type: Article

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