Simulating the effects of alternative forest management strategies on landscape structure

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 77-94

  Gustafson, Eric J ^a   Crow, Thomas R ^a  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Age class distribution; Biological diversity; Clearcutting; Forest edge; Forest interior; Forest management planning; Habitat fragmentation; Landscape ecology; Scale; Simulation models; Spatial pattern

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; FORESTRY; HUMAN; LAND USE; MODEL; NONHUMAN; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

FOREST MANAGEMENT; HARVEST MODEL; LAND-USE PLANNING; MODELLING APPROACH; TIMBER HARVESTING;

USA, INDIANA;

EID: 0029667918     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jema.1996.0008     Document Type: Article

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