Variable-density thinning and a marking paradox: Comparing prescription protocols to attain stand variability in coast redwood

Western Journal of Applied Forestry

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 143-149

  O'Hara, Kevin L ^a   Leonard, Lathrop P ^b   Keyes, Christopher R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b California State Parks ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

Forest restoration; Precommercial thinning; Sequoia sempervirens; Stand structure heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

CALIFORNIA; COAST REDWOOD; COMPLEX STRUCTURE; EASE-OF-USE; EVEN-AGED FOREST STANDS; FOREST RESTORATION; FOREST STRUCTURE; INDUSTRIAL LANDOWNERS; PRE-COMMERCIAL THINNING; QUALITATIVE ASSESSMENTS; RESTORATION TREATMENTS; SEQUOIA SEMPERVIRENS; SPATIAL HETEROGENEITY; STAND DEVELOPMENT; STAND STRUCTURES; STRUCTURAL HETEROGENEITY; STRUCTURAL HOMOGENEITY; THINNING METHODS; YOUNG STANDS;

CONSERVATION; DAMAGE DETECTION; RESTORATION; WOOD;

FORESTRY;

CONSERVATION; DAMAGE; FORESTRY; FORESTS; RESTORATION; SEQUOIA; THINNING; WOOD;

CONIFEROPHYTA; SEQUOIA SEMPERVIRENS;

EID: 84864345848     PISSN: 08856095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5849/wjaf.11-042     Document Type: Article

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