Hillslope erosion two and three years after wildfire, skyline salvage logging, and site preparation in southern Oregon, USA

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 342, Issue , 2015, Pages 1-7

  Slesak, Robert A ^a   Schoenholtz, Stephen H ^b   Evans, Daniel ^c  

^a Minnesota Forest Resources Council   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PLYMOUTH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Pacific northwest; Plot scale measurements; Post fire erosion; Vegetation control

Indexed keywords

FIRES; LAND USE; LOGGING (FORESTRY); RAIN; STORMS; TIMBER; VEGETATION;

ENVIRONMENTAL COSTS; HILLSLOPE EROSION; MANAGEMENT FACTORS; MEASUREMENT LOCATIONS; PACIFIC NORTHWEST; POST-FIRE EROSION; SURFACE CONDITIONS; VEGETATION CONTROL;

EROSION;

EROSION RATE; HILLSLOPE; LAND DEGRADATION; LOGGING (TIMBER); SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SITE PREPARATION; VEGETATION COVER; WILDFIRE;

COSTS; EROSION; FOREST FIRES; HARVESTING; OREGON; PLANTS;

OREGON; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84961350032     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2015.01.007     Document Type: Article

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