Simulating secondary succession of elk forage values in a managed forest landscape, Western Washington

Environmental Management

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 715-724

  Jenkins, Kurt ^a,b   Starkey, Edward ^a,c  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b National Biological Service   (United States)

^c FOREST AND RANGELAND ECOSYSTEM SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervus elaphus; Elk; Forage; Forest management; Modeling; Secondary succession

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOREST; UNITED STATES;

ABIES; CERVUS ELAPHUS; CONIUM MACULATUM; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII; TSUGA HETEROPHYLLA; PINACEAE;

ELK; FORAGE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; MANAGEMENT; SECONDARY SUCCESSION;

USA, WASHINGTON;

ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; HARVESTING; LOGGING (FORESTRY); MANAGEMENT; SIMULATION; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

CERVUS ELAPHUS; ELK FORAGES; FORAGE PRODUCTION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; LANDSCAPE; POSTHARVESTING FOREST SUCCESSION; SECONDARY SUCCESSION; VEGETATION;

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION;

EID: 0029660630     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01204142     Document Type: Article

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