Restoring ecosystem health in ponderosa pine forests of the southwest

Journal of Forestry

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 23-29

  Covington, W Wallace ^a   Fulé, Peter Z ^a   Moore, Margaret M ^a   Hart, Stephen C ^a   Kolb, Thomas E ^a   Mast, Joy N ^a   Sackett, Stephen S ^b   Wagner, Michael R ^a  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PACIFIC SOUTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; PONDEROSA PINE; RESTORATION;

USA, (SOUTHWEST); USA, (WEST);

EID: 0031471885     PISSN: 00221201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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