Post-harvest windthrow and recruitment of large woody debris in riparian buffers on Vancouver Island

European Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 131, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 249-260

  Bahuguna, Devesh ^a   Mitchell, Stephen J ^a   Nishio, Grant R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b FPINNOVATIONS   (Canada)

Author keywords

Buffer; Large woody debris; Log decay; Riparian; Stream ecology; Windthrow

Indexed keywords

FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; HARVESTING; NUMERICAL MODEL; RIPARIAN FOREST; STAND STRUCTURE; TIMBER; VEGETATION COVER; WOODY DEBRIS;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; VANCOUVER ISLAND;

EID: 81955160911     PISSN: 16124669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10342-011-0485-5     Document Type: Article

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