The effect of salvage logging on surface fuel loads and fuel moisture in beetle-infested lodgepole pine forests
Forest Ecology and Management（2017）
Abstract
•Harvest increased fuel loads with concomitant decreases in fuel moisture content.•Removal of overstory leads to microclimate changes in wind and soil temperature.•Fuel in harvested stands dry faster following precipitation and remain drier.•Fire hazard may increase in post-harvest slash prescriptions that retain biomass.
MoreTranslated text
Key words
Forest management,Mountain pine beetle,Lodgepole pine,Fuel loads,Salvage logging,Fuel moisture content
AI Read Science
Must-Reading Tree
Example
Generate MRT to find the research sequence of this paper
Chat Paper
Summary is being generated by the instructions you defined