Do biomass removal and structure-enhancing treatments influence deadwood characteristics following commercial thinning in spruce plantations in New Brunswick, Canada?

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 1407-1418

  Omari, Kwadwo ^a   Maclean, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Coarse woody debris; Commercial thinning; Deadwood; Girdling trees; Picea glauca; Plantations; Snags

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; DEBRIS;

COARSE WOODY DEBRIS; COMMERCIAL THINNING; DEADWOOD; GIRDLING TREES; PICEA GLAUCA; PLANTATIONS; SNAGS;

FORESTRY;

BIOMASS; COMMERCIAL SPECIES; CONIFEROUS TREE; DEAD WOOD; HARVESTING; PLANTATION FORESTRY; SNAG; THINNING;

CANADA; NEW BRUNSWICK;

PICEA; PICEA GLAUCA;

EID: 84938371344     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: 12086037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjfr-2014-0381     Document Type: Article

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