Optimal skyline corridor spacing for partial cutting in second-growth stands of coastal British Columbia

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 368-375

  Howard, Andrew F ^a   Rutherford, Dag ^a   Young, G Glen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; SKYLINE CORRIDOR SPACING; SPACING;

CANADA, BRITISH COLUMBIA;

EID: 0029668339     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x26-041     Document Type: Article

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