Natural fire regimes as spatial models for managing boreal forests

Biological Conservation

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 1993, Pages 115-120

  Hunter Jr , Malcom L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

boreal forest; Canada; clearcuts; environmental ethics; forest fire

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FOREST; FIRE; FOREST MANAGEMENT;

CANADA, LABRADOR; CANADA, QUEBEC;

EID: 0027458229     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-3207(93)90440-C     Document Type: Article

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