Coarse woody debris in oak woodlands of California.

Abstract

An extensive forest inventory was conducted to estimate the amount and distribution of coarse woody debris (CWD) on 5.6 million ac of woodlands in California that are outside of national forests and reserved areas. Woodlands consist primarily of oak (Quercus spp.) types and are defined as forestland incapable of producing commercial quantities of traditional forest products because of adverse site and tree morphophysiology. Approximately 671 million ft3of CWD were estimated to occur over the study area. Almost 3 million ac of woodland (52% of the sampled area) were estimated to have no CWD. The large-end diameter of CWD was

Citation

Tietje, William D.; Waddell, Karen L.; Vreeland, Justin K.; Bolsinger, Charles L. 2002. Coarse woody debris in oak woodlands of California. Western Journal of Applied Forestry. 17(3): 139-146