Retrospective gap analysis in a Swedish boreal forest landscape using historical data

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 147, Issue 2-3, 2001, Pages 109-122

  Axelsson, Anna Lena ^a   Östlund, Lars ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Forest history; Forest management; Fragmentation; Gap analysis; GIS

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MAPS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

FOREST LANDSCAPE; LANDSCAPE PLANNING;

FORESTRY;

BOREAL FOREST; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GAP DYNAMICS; GIS; HISTORICAL RECORD; LANDSCAPE CHANGE;

CLEAR CUTTING; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GIS; MAPPING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SURVEYING;

SWEDEN;

EID: 0035973425     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(00)00470-9     Document Type: Article

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