Function, effects, and management of forest roads

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 133, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 249-262

  Lugo, Ariel E ^a   Gucinski, Hermann ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL FORESTRY   (Puerto Rico)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Alien species; Ecosystem; Ecotone; Roads; Technoecosystem

Indexed keywords

FOREST MANAGEMENT; ROADSIDE ENVIRONMENT; RURAL LANDSCAPE;

EID: 0034664098     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(99)00237-6     Document Type: Article

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