Forest health restoration in South-Central Alaska: A problem analysis

General Technical Reports of the US Department of Agriculture, Forest Service

Volumn , Issue 523, 2001, Pages 1-38

  Ross, Darrell W ^a   Daterman, Gary E ^b   Boughton, Jerry L ^c   Quigley, Thomas M ^d  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^c USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^d PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; Ecosystem health; Ecosystem restoration; Forest health; Hydrology; South Central Alaska; Spruce beetle; Urban forestry; Wildfire; Wildlife habitat

Indexed keywords

FOREST HEALTH; PEST DAMAGE; PEST OUTBREAK; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; WILDFIRE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035160551     PISSN: 00929654     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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