A stochastic characterisation of the natural disturbance regime of the boreal mixedwood forest with implications for sustainable forest management

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 424-433

  Armstrong, Glen W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BURNING; FOREST MANAGEMENT; MIXED FOREST;

ALBERTA; CANADA;

EID: 0033016780     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x99-010     Document Type: Article

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