Forest structure following tornado damage and salvage logging in northern Maine, USA

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 560-564

  Fraver, Shawn ^a   Dodds, Kevin J ^b   Kenefic, Laura S ^c   Morrill, Rick ^d   Seymour, Robert S ^a   Sypitkowski, Eben ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^b US Forest Service   (United States)

^c Northern Research Station   (United States)

^d Baxter State Park   (United States)

Author keywords

Fire risk; Fuel loads; Picea rubens; Pit and mound; Wind disturbance; Woody debris

Indexed keywords

DEBRIS; REFORESTATION; TORNADOES;

FIRE RISKS; FUEL LOADS; PICEA RUBENS; PIT-AND-MOUND; WIND DISTURBANCE; WOODY DEBRIS;

FORESTRY;

ABUNDANCE; COARSE WOODY DEBRIS; CONIFEROUS TREE; DISTURBANCE; FIRE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY; LOGGING (TIMBER); MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MICROTOPOGRAPHY; SALVAGING; TORNADO; WIND VELOCITY;

FOREST MANAGEMENT; PICEA RUBENS; SALVAGE;

MAINE; UNITED STATES;

PICEA RUBENS;

EID: 85016642616     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: 12086037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjfr-2016-0395     Document Type: Article

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