Natural disturbance and forest management in riparian zones: Comparison of effects at reach, catchment, and landscape scales

Freshwater Science

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 239-247

  Moore, R Dan ^a   Richardson, John S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Landscape management; Logging impacts; Natural disturbance; Riparian forests; Wildfire

Indexed keywords

DISTURBANCE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTED CATCHMENT; HARVESTING; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; LOGGING (TIMBER); NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; RIPARIAN FOREST; RIPARIAN ZONE; STREAMWATER; SUSTAINABILITY; WILDFIRE; WINDTHROW;

EID: 84876437559     PISSN: 21619549     EISSN: 21619565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1899/11-030.1     Document Type: Article

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