Mechanical mastication thins Lake Tahoe forest with few adverse impacts
An overstocked montane, mixedconifer forest on the west shore of the Lake Tahoe Basin was thinned using a Fecon masticator, leaving woodchips and tree shreddings on-site as mulch. No significant differences in soil compaction were found in 13 of 15 comparisons of soil-prof...
| Published in: | California Agriculture |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources
2006-04-01
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| Online Access: | http://calag.ucanr.edu/archive/?article=ca.v060n02p77 |