Thinning pine plantations to reestablish oak openings species in northwestern Ohio

Environmental Management

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 391-403

  Abella, Scott R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Oak savanna; Pinus resinosa; Pinus strobus; Thinning; Understory; Wet prairie

Indexed keywords

OAK SAVANNA; PINUS RESINOSA; PINUS STROBUS; THINNING; UNDERSTORY; WET PRAIRIE;

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; ECOSYSTEMS; LAKES;

FORESTRY;

FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY PRODUCTION; MIXED FOREST; PLANTATION; PRAIRIE; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SAVANNA; SUCCESSION; THINNING;

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY SUCCESSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; NONHUMAN; OAK; PINE; PINUS RESINOSA; PLANT COMMUNITY; PLANT WATER RELATION; PLANTATION; REFORESTATION; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL QUALITY; SPECIES HABITAT; UNITED STATES; WHITE PINE;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FORESTRY; OHIO; PINUS; QUERCUS; SOIL;

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; LAKES; NORTH AMERICA; PINUS RESINOSA; THINNING;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; MIDWEST; OHIO; UNITED STATES;

ERECHTITES HIERACIIFOLIA; PINUS RESINOSA; PINUS STROBUS; STROBUS;

EID: 77957682432     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-010-9538-7     Document Type: Article

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