Above- and belowground responses to tree thinning depend on the treatment of tree debris

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 259, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 71-80

  Owen, Suzanne M ^a   Sieg, Carolyn Hull ^b   Gehring, Catherine A ^a   Bowker, Matthew A ^c  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF); Exotic plants; Mechanical mastication; Pinyon juniper woodlands; Slash pile burning; Soil nutrients and stability

Indexed keywords

ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZAL FUNGI; EXOTIC PLANTS; PINYON-JUNIPER WOODLANDS; SLASH PILE BURNING; SOIL NUTRIENTS; SOIL NUTRIENTS AND STABILITY;

BIODIVERSITY; DEBRIS; FORESTRY; FUNGI; GEOLOGIC MODELS; GROUNDWATER; NUTRIENTS; PILES; SOIL MOISTURE; STABILITY;

MASTICATION;

ABUNDANCE; ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZA; FOREST COVER; MASTING; MITIGATION; SHIFTING CULTIVATION; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL NUTRIENT; SOIL STABILIZATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; THINNING; UNDERSTORY; WILDFIRE; WOODLAND; WOODY DEBRIS;

COMBUSTION; FUNGI; JUNIPERUS OSTEOSPERMA; NUTRIENTS; PINUS EDULIS; PLANTS; SOIL; THINNING; WOOD;

ARBUSCULAR; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BROMUS; BROMUS TECTORUM; FUNGI; JUNIPERUS; JUNIPERUS OSTEOSPERMA; PINUS EDULIS;

EID: 71849083215     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2009.09.044     Document Type: Article

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