Old-growth definitions for the forests of British Columbia, Canada

Natural Areas Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 279-292

  Wells, Ralph W ^a   Lertzman, Ken P ^b   Saunders, Sari C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Old growth; Old growth definitions; Old growth forests; Old growth indices; Stand dynamics

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; FOREST MANAGEMENT; OLD-GROWTH FOREST;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA;

EID: 0031647510     PISSN: 08858608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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