Forest structural attributes after windthrow and consequences of salvage logging

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 289, Issue , 2013, Pages 28-37

  Waldron, Kaysandra ^a   Ruel, Jean Claude ^a   Gauthier, Sylvie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Boreal forest; Ecosystem management; Salvage logging; Structural attributes; Windthrow

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FORESTS; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; SALVAGE LOGGING; STRUCTURAL ATTRIBUTES; WINDTHROWS;

ECOSYSTEMS; MACHINERY;

FORESTRY;

BOREAL FOREST; COARSE WOODY DEBRIS; DEAD WOOD; DISTURBANCE; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; FOREST MANAGEMENT; MICROTOPOGRAPHY; SELECTIVE LOGGING; STAND STRUCTURE; WINDTHROW;

CANADA; ECOLOGY; FOREST FIRES; FORESTRY; LOGGING; SALVAGE;

CANADA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

EID: 84869879287     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2012.10.006     Document Type: Article

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