Maintaining soil productivity during forest or biomass-to-energy thinning harvests in the Western United States

Western Journal of Applied Forestry

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 5-11

  Page Dumroese, Deborah S ^a   Jurgensen, Martin ^b   Terry, Thomas ^c  

^a ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Weyerhaeuser Corp   (United States)

Author keywords

Best management practices (BMP); Site productivity; Soil management; Thinning

Indexed keywords

AGRONOMY; BIOMASS; COMPACTION; FORESTRY; HARVESTING; NUTRIENTS; PRODUCTIVITY; SOIL MECHANICS; TEXTURES;

BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; BIOLOGICAL PROPERTIES; MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; NUTRIENT LIMITATIONS; SITE PRODUCTIVITY; SOIL MANAGEMENT; THINNING; WESTERN UNITED STATES;

SOILS;

AGRONOMY; BIOMASS; COMPACTION; FORESTRY; HARVESTING; MANAGEMENT; NUTRIENTS; PRODUCTIVITY; SOIL; THINNING;

EID: 75749145028     PISSN: 08856095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/wjaf/25.1.5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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