Modeling forest landscape change in the Missouri Ozarks under alternative management practices

Computers and Electronics in Agriculture

Volumn 27, Issue 1-3, 2000, Pages 7-24

  Shifley, Stephen R ^a   Thompson III, Frank R ^a   Larsen, David R ^a   Dijak, William D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Clearcutting; Edge; Group selection; LANDIS; Landscape pattern; Patch size; Simulation; Timber harvest; Volume yield

Indexed keywords

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; DISASTER PREVENTION; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; HARVESTING; WOOD;

CLEARCUTTING; GROUP SELECTION; LANDSCAPE PATTERN; SOFTWARE PACKAGE LANDIS; TIMER HARVEST;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; FOREST; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; MODELING;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034213283     PISSN: 01681699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1699(00)00087-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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