The use of soil organic matter as a criterion of the relative sustainability of forest management alternatives: A modelling approach using FORECAST

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 94, Issue 1-3, 1997, Pages 61-78

  Morris, Dave M ^a   Kimmins, J P ^a,b   Duckert, Dan R ^a  

^a LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ecosystem level modelling; FORECAST; Forest sustainability; N availability; Site productivity; Soil organic matter

Indexed keywords

ABIES; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII; PINACEAE;

DOUGLAS-FIR; FORECAST; FOREST MANAGEMENT; SUSTAINABILITY;

EID: 0030616948     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(96)03984-9     Document Type: Article

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