Detecting change in forest spatial patterns from reference conditions

Ecological Applications

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1232-1252

  Hessburg, Paul F ^a   Smith, Bradley G ^b   Salter, R Brion ^a  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological diversity; Change detection; Disturbance; Ecosystem management; Forest spatial patterns; Historical range of variability; Natural range of variability; Reference conditions; Reference variation; Restoration; Spatial patterns

Indexed keywords

FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HISTORICAL ECOLOGY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; VEGETATION HISTORY; VEGETATION MAPPING;

CASCADES; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON;

EID: 0032742280     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(1999)009[1232:DCIFSP]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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