Simulating historical variability in the amount of old forests in the Oregon Coast Range

Conservation Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 167-180

  Wimberly, Michael C ^a,b   Spies, Thomas A ^b   Long, Colin J ^c   Whitlock, Cathy ^c  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FOREST FIRE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FOREST; LANDSCAPE; SIMULATION MODEL; SIMULATION; UNITED STATES;

FOREST FIRE; HISTORICAL ECOLOGY; OLD-GROWTH FOREST;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034029029     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1739.2000.98284.x     Document Type: Article

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