Old-growth forests inventory for British Columbia, Canada

Natural Areas Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 309-318

  MacKinnon, Andy ^a   Vold, Terje ^a  

^a RESEARCH BRANCH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biogeoclimatic zones; Forest inventory; Old growth forest; Protected areas

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOREST MANAGEMENT; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; VEGETATION MAPPING;

CANADA;

EID: 0031676757     PISSN: 08858608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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