Simulating effects of landscape context and timber harvest on tree species diversity

Ecological Applications

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 186-201

  Liu, Jianguo ^a   Ashton, Peter S ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Harvest impact; Individual based model; Landscape context; Landscape mosaics; Seed dispersal; Seed zone; Spatial scales; Spatially explicit simulation; Species richness; Surroundings; Tropical forest

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FOREST MANAGEMENT; MODELING; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TIMBER HARVESTING; TREE;

EID: 0033081572     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(1999)009[0186:SEOLCA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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