Condition and deterioration rate of precommercial thinning slash at False Island, Alaska /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	Pacific Northwest Research Station (Portland, Or.)
Other Authors:	McClellan, Michael H.
Format:	Government Document Book
Language:	English
Published:	Portland, OR : U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station, [2014]
Series:	Research paper PNW ; 594.
Subjects:	Slash (Logging) > Alaska. Mule deer > Habitat > Alaska. Mule deer > Effect of forest management on > Alaska. Forest thinning > Environmental aspects > Alaska. Forest management > Alaska.
Online Access:	http://www.fs.fed.us/pnw/pubs/pnw_rp594.pdf

Description
Abstract:	We examined slash from thinning treatments in a 21-year chronosequence of young-growth stands in southeast Alaska to determine the strength and persistence of slash effects on two key features of deer habitat quality: forage availability and deer mobility within thinned areas. We describe the main deterioration processes and their dynamics over time. We measured wood density of slash of various ages and present a model to estimate changes in wood density over time. This report also discusses factors that contribute to initial slash loading, slash deterioration, and effects on deer habitat.
Item Description:	Cover title. "May 2014."
Physical Description:	29 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm. Also available online.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 28-29).