Simulations on impacts of different management strategies on long-term site productivity in lodgepole pine forests of the central interior of British Columbia

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 133, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 217-229

  Wei, X ^a   Liu, W ^b   Waterhouse, J ^c   Armleder, M ^c  

^a Ministry of Environment British Columbia   (Canada)

^b 402 Brigade Drive   (Canada)

^c RESEARCH BRANCH   (Canada)

Author keywords

FORECAST ecosystem simulation; Long term site productivity; Stem only harvesting; Whole tree harvesting

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOSYSTEMS; PRODUCTIVITY; STRATEGIC PLANNING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

STEM-ONLY HARVESTING;

FORESTRY;

FOREST MANAGEMENT; PINE; PRODUCTIVITY; THINNING;

CANADA;

EID: 0034664102     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(99)00234-0     Document Type: Article

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