Clearcutting - A regeneration method in the boreal forest

Forestry Chronicle

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 31-36

  Youngblood, Andrew ^a   Titus, Brian ^b  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

boreal forest; clearcutting; forest regeneration

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FOREST; CLEARCUTTING; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FOREST REGENERATION;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 0029662573     PISSN: 00157546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5558/tfc72031-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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