Forest management guidelines based on natural disturbance dynamics: Stand- and forest-level considerations

Forestry Chronicle

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 49-54

  Bergeron, Yves ^a   Harvey, Brian ^b   Leduc, Alain ^a   Gauthier, Sylvie ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC EN ABITIBI TÉMISCAMINGUE   (Canada)

^c LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOREST MANAGEMENT; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; PHYSICAL DISTURBANCE; SILVICULTURE;

EID: 0032897789     PISSN: 00157546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5558/tfc75049-1     Document Type: Article

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