Microclimatic edge effects in a recently harvested forest: Do remnant forest patches create the same impact as large forest areas?

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 365, Issue , 2016, Pages 128-136

  Baker, Thomas P ^a   Jordan, Gregory J ^a   Baker, Susan C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b FORESTRY TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aggregated retention; Clearcutting; Disturbance; Edge effects; Forest influence; Microclimate

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATES; FLOODS; HARVESTING; REFORESTATION;

AGGREGATED RETENTION; CLEARCUTTING; DISTURBANCE; EDGE EFFECT; FOREST INFLUENCE; MICROCLIMATE;

FORESTRY;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLEARCUTTING; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; EDGE EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HARVESTING; MICROCLIMATE; RECOLONIZATION; RELATIVE HUMIDITY;

EID: 84956705401     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2016.01.022     Document Type: Article

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