Using estimates of natural variation to detect ecologically important change in forest spatial patterns: A case study, Cascade Range, eastern Washington

USDA Forest Service - Research Papers RMRS

Volumn , Issue PNW-RP-514, 1999, Pages 1-65

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

^a NONE

Author keywords

Ecological monitoring; Ecosystem restoration; Forest health; Landscape patterns; Natural range of variation; Space for time substitution; Spatial pattern analysis

Indexed keywords

FOREST COVER; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; VEGETATION MAPPING;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033399791     PISSN: 05025001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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