Recent changes (1930s-1990s) in spatial patterns of interior northwest forests, USA

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 136, Issue 1-3, 2000, Pages 53-83

  Hessburg, P F ^a   Smith, B G ^b   Salter, R B ^a   Ottmar, R D ^b   Alvarado, E ^b  

^a Pac Northwest Res Stn 1133 N W   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Change detection; Disturbance regimes; Ecosystem health; Fire exclusion; Forest health; Landscape assessment; Reference variation; Spatial patterns

Indexed keywords

SPATIAL VARIATION; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; VEGETATION MAPPING; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034308216     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(99)00263-7     Document Type: Article

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