Hydrologic significance of stand density variations in Alberta lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta Dougl. (Moench) Voss. var. latifolia Engelm.) forests

With twin objectives of (1) determining whether any hydrologic effect of thinning persisted 25 years after implementation, and (2) examining the hydrologic significance (if any) of variations in stand density, studies of snow accumulation, canopy interception of rainfall, and soil moisture, were undertaken in natural and previously thinned stands of lodgepole pine in west central Alberta. Secondary objectives dealt with precipitation redistribution within forest stands, the utility of trough gauges in throughfall estimation, and sample numbers required in soil moisture sampling. Snowpack was ephemeral, and no definitive results on snow accumulation were obtained.

Name thesis:degree_name

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)

Level thesis:degree_level

Doctoral

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Recreation and Watershed Resources

Grantor dc:publisher

Colorado State University. Libraries

Year dc:date.issued

1968

Authors dc:creator

• Jeffrey, Walter William, author
• Dils, R. E., advisor
• Goodell, B. C., committee member
• Hoover, M. D., committee member
• Meiman, J. R., committee member
• Ward, R. T., committee member

• Water-supply
• Lodgepole pine

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Language dc:language.iso

eng, English

Identifier URI

https://doi.org/10.25675/3.02284

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:mountainscholar.org:10217/241966