Public acceptability thresholds of clearcutting to maintain visual quality of boreal balsam fir landscapes

Forest Science

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 46-55

  Pâquet, Josée ^a,b   Bélanger, Louis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b CAP Naturels   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dispersed patch cutting strategy; visual impact thresholds; visual landscape management; visually effective green up

Indexed keywords

ABIES; ABIES BALSAMEA;

EID: 0030932782     PISSN: 0015749X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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