Forest harvest patterns and landscape disturbance processes

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 349-363

  Tang, Swee May ^a   Franklin, Jerry F ^b   Montgomery, David R ^b  

^a BETHEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Debris flows; Forest harvesting; GIS; Landscape pattern; Simulation models; Washington State, USA; Wind damage

Indexed keywords

DEBRIS FLOW; FOREST; GIS; HARVESTING; LANDSCAPE PATTERN; SIMULATION MODEL; WIND DAMAGE;

USA, WASHINGTON;

EID: 0031392346     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007929523070     Document Type: Article

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