Variation in logging debris cover influences competitor abundance, resource availability, and early growth of planted Douglas-fir

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 296, Issue , 2013, Pages 41-52

  Harrington, Timothy B ^a   Slesak, Robert A ^b   Schoenholtz, Stephen H ^c  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b Minnesota Forest Resources Council   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Microclimate; Soil productivity; Vegetation management

Indexed keywords

DOUGLAS FIR; EARLY GROWTH; FOLIAR NITROGEN; FOREST HARVESTING; FOREST REGENERATION; GROWING CONDITIONS; HERB COVER; INTERCEPTION LOSS; MICROCLIMATE; PACIFIC NORTHWEST; POTENTIAL EFFECTS; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SEEDLING GROWTH; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL PRODUCTIVITY; SOIL QUALITY; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SOIL WATER; SOIL WATER AVAILABILITY; SPLIT-PLOT DESIGN; TIMBER HARVESTS; TREE SEEDLINGS; VEGETATION CONTROL; VEGETATION MANAGEMENT; WASHINGTON; WATER POTENTIAL;

REFORESTATION; SOIL MOISTURE; VEGETATION;

DEBRIS;

ABUNDANCE; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); GROWTH RATE; HERB; MICROCLIMATE; MONITORING; MULCHING; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REGENERATION; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SEEDLING; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SOIL WATER; TIMBER HARVESTING; WATER AVAILABILITY;

OREGON; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTHWEST); UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

EID: 84874683459     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2013.01.033     Document Type: Article

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