Woody debris input and function in old-growth and clear-felled headwater streams

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 286, Issue , 2012, Pages 73-80

  Burrows, Ryan M ^a,b   Magierowski, Regina H ^a   Fellman, Jason B ^c   Barmuta, Leon A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b CRC for Forestry ^*  (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Disturbance; Forestry; Headwater stream; Organic matter; Woody debris

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL BIOFILM; CHANNEL STRUCTURES; DISTURBANCE; EUCALYPT FOREST; FOREST MANAGERS; FORESTED STREAMS; HEADWATER STREAM; NATURAL STREAMS; OLD-GROWTH; STREAM CHANNELS; WOODY DEBRIS;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; ELECTRIC CIRCUIT BREAKERS; FORESTRY; LOGGING (FORESTRY); ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; TIMBER;

DEBRIS;

ALGA; BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; CLEARCUTTING; COARSE WOODY DEBRIS; COLONIZATION; DISTURBANCE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; EVERGREEN FOREST; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; FUNCTIONAL ROLE; HARVESTING; HEADWATER; LOGGING (TIMBER); OLD-GROWTH FOREST; ORGANIC MATTER; STREAM CHANNEL; STREAMFLOW; STREAMWATER;

FORESTRY; FORESTS; LOGGING; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; ORGANIC MATTER; RIVERS;

AUSTRALIA; TASMANIA;

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84866975845     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2012.08.038     Document Type: Article

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