Organic matter inputs into headwater streams of southwestern British Columbia as a function of riparian reserves and time since harvesting

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 260, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1931-1942

  Kiffney, P M ^a   Richardson, J S ^b  

^a NORTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Climate; Forestry; Headwater streams; Pacific coastal ecoregion; Particulate organic matter; Riparian reserves

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE; ECOREGIONS; HEADWATER STREAM; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTERS; RIPARIAN RESERVES;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; HARVESTING; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SNOW; TIMBER; VEGETATION;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS;

ANNUAL VARIATION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CLEARCUTTING; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECOREGION; HARVESTING; HEADWATER; LITTER; LOGGING (TIMBER); ORGANIC MATTER; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RIPARIAN FOREST; SNOW COVER; STREAMWATER; SUCCESSION; VARIANCE ANALYSIS;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA;

EID: 77957925859     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2010.08.016     Document Type: Article

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