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Coarse woody debris


  • Here are entered works on dead woody material, such as logs, stumps, large branches, and root masses, found on the ground in forest stands or in streams.
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  • Variants

    • CWD (Coarse woody debris)
    • Debris, Coarse woody
    • Down woody debris
    • DWD (Down woody debris)
    • Large organic debris
    • Large woody debris
    • Large woody material (Forest litter)
    • LOD (Large organic debris)
    • LWD (Large woody debris)
    • Organic debris, Large
    • Woody debris, Coarse
    • Woody material, Large (Forest litter)
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  • Sources

    • found: Work cat.: Fox, M.J. A new look at the quantities and volumes of instream wood ... 2001:introd. (large woody debris (LWD))
    • found: The dict. of forestry, c1998(coarse woody debris (CWD): any piece(s) of dead woody material, e.g., dead boles, limbs, and large root masses, on the ground in forest stands or in streams; synonym: large woody debris (LWD), large organic debris (LOD), down woody debris (DWD)--note, the type and size of material designated as coarse woody debris varies among classification systems)
    • found: Dunster, J.A. Dict. of natural resource management, c1996(coarse woody debris: Typically, sound or rotting logs, stumps, or large branches that have fallen or been cut and left in the woods, or trees and branches that have died but remain standing or leaning. See also large woody material: In the US, logs on the forest floor in pieces at least sixty centimeters (twenty-four inches) in diameter at the large end)
    • found: LC database, May 8, 2002(coarse woody debris; CWD; large woody debris; large organic debris)
  • LC Classification

    • SD387.C63
  • General Notes

    • Here are entered works on dead woody material, such as logs, stumps, large branches, and root masses, found on the ground in forest stands or in streams.
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  • Change Notes

    • 2002-05-09: new
    • 2006-01-17: revised
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