Alternatives to clearcutting in BC coastal Montane forests

Forestry Chronicle

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 670-678

  Arnott, J T ^a   Beese, W J ^b  

^a LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^b Weyerhaeuser Saskatchewan Ltd   (Canada)

Author keywords

Abies amabilis; Chamaecyparis nootkatensis; Harvesting costs; Shelterwood; Silvicultural systems; Site impacts; Thuja plicata; Tsuga heterophylla

Indexed keywords

CLEARCUTTING; HARVESTING; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; REGENERATION;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; VANCOUVER ISLAND;

ABIES; ABIES AMABILIS; CHAMAECYPARIS; CHAMAECYPARIS NOOTKATENSIS; CONIFEROPHYTA; THUJA; THUJA PLICATA; TSUGA; TSUGA HETEROPHYLLA;

EID: 0031430262     PISSN: 00157546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5558/tfc73670-6     Document Type: Article

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