Fuel mass and forest structure following stand-replacement fire and post-fire logging in a mixed-evergreen forest

International Journal of Wildland Fire

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 652-666

  Donato, Daniel C ^a,c   Fontaine, Joseph B ^b   Kauffman, J Boone ^a   Robinson, W Douglas ^a   Law, Beverly E ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Washington State Department of Natural Resources   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomass; Biscuit Fire; Coarse woody debris; Dead wood; Fuel succession; Klamath Siskiyou; Legacy; Logging intensity; Post fire management; Salvage logging; Snag

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881000165     PISSN: 10498001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WF12109     Document Type: Article

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