Effects of post-fire logging on forest surface air temperatures in the Siskiyou Mountains, Oregon, USA

Forestry

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 477-482

  Fontaine, Joseph B ^a,b   Donato, Daniel C ^a,c   Campbell, John L ^a   Martin, Jonathan G ^a   Law, Beverly E ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c PACIFIC SOUTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLEARCUTTING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONIFEROUS FOREST; FOREST FIRE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; LOGGING (TIMBER); MICROCLIMATE; WILDFIRE;

OREGON; SISKIYOU MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

CONIFEROPHYTA;

EID: 78649267754     PISSN: 0015752X     EISSN: 14643626     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/forestry/cpq030     Document Type: Article

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