Frequency and characteristics of sediment delivery pathways from forest harvest units to streams

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 259, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 143-150

  Litschert, S E ^a   MacDonald, L H ^a  

^a Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

California; Connectivity; Management zones; Sediment; Skid trails; Streamside; Timber harvest

Indexed keywords

CALIFORNIA; CONNECTIVITY; CONNECTIVITY MANAGEMENT; SKID TRAILS; TIMBER HARVESTS;

FORESTRY; LANDFORMS; MODELS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; TIMBER; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

HARVESTING;

ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HUMAN ACTIVITY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RUNOFF; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; STREAM; TIMBER HARVESTING; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

FORESTS; HARVESTING; MODELS; SEDIMENTS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

CALIFORNIA; CASCADE RANGE; NORTH AMERICA; SIERRA NEVADA [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70449712530     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2009.09.038     Document Type: Article

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