Response of western Oregon (USA) stream temperatures to contemporary forest management

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 262, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1618-1629

  Groom, Jeremiah D ^a   Dent, Liz ^b   Madsen, Lisa J ^a   Fleuret, Jennifer ^c  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Mixed effects; Riparian buffer; Shade; Stream temperature

Indexed keywords

BASAL AREA; MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE; MIXED-EFFECTS; POSTHARVEST; PRIVATE FORESTS; PROTECTION MEASURES; RIPARIAN BUFFERS; RIPARIAN MANAGEMENT; SHADE; STATE FORESTS; STREAM TEMPERATURES; TEMPERATURE CHANGES; TEST EFFECTIVENESS; TIMBER HARVESTS; TREE HEIGHT;

HARVESTING;

FORESTRY;

BASAL AREA; BUFFER ZONE; DIEL VARIATION; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; FISH; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HEIGHT DETERMINATION; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; PRIVATE LAND; RIPARIAN ZONE; STREAMWATER; TIMBER HARVESTING; WATER TEMPERATURE;

COLOR; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY; FORESTS; HARVESTING; USA;

OREGON; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80051822106     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2011.07.012     Document Type: Article

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