Developing programs to monitor ecosystem health and effectiveness of management practices on Lakes States National Forests, USA

Biological Conservation

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 289-302

  Vora, Robin S ^a  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

ecosystem health; ecosystem integrity; indicators; inventory; monitoring

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; FOREST MANAGEMENT; MONITORING;

USA, MINNESOTA, SUPERIOR NATIONAL FOREST; USA, WISCONSIN, CHEQUAMEGON NATIONAL FOREST;

AVES; LAURENTIA;

EID: 0030619905     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(96)00042-0     Document Type: Article

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