Salvage logging and forest renewal affect early aspen stand structure after catastrophic wind

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 308, Issue , 2013, Pages 1-8

  Man, Rongzhou ^a   Chen, Han Y H ^b   Schafer, Andrew ^b  

^a ONTARIO FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Blowdown; Disturbance; Downed wood; Populus tremuloides; Residual trees; Snags

Indexed keywords

BLOW DOWN; DISTURBANCE; POPULUS TREMULOIDES; RESIDUAL TREES; SNAGS;

WOOD;

REFORESTATION;

ABUNDANCE; BOREAL FOREST; CATASTROPHIC EVENT; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DISTURBANCE; GLYPHOSATE; GRASS; LOGGING (TIMBER); MOSS; REGENERATION; SALVAGING; SHRUB; SNAG; STAND STRUCTURE;

POPULUS TREMULOIDES; REFORESTATION; TREES; WOOD;

CANADA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

EID: 84882782286     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2013.07.039     Document Type: Article

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