Natural disturbance regimes in northeastern North America - Evaluating silvicultural systems using natural scales and frequencies

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 155, Issue 1-3, 2002, Pages 357-367

  Seymour, Robert S ^a   White, Alan S ^a   DeMaynadier, Philip G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acadian forest; Benchmarking; Biodiversity; Fire; Gap dynamics; Hemlock; Northern hardwoods; Spruce; Wind

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; MANAGEMENT; SURVEYING;

NATURAL DISTURBANCE;

FORESTRY;

BIODIVERSITY; DISTURBANCE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; SILVICULTURE;

NORTH AMERICA;

CONIUM; CONIUM MACULATUM; IMPLETA; PICEA;

EID: 0036154295     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(01)00572-2     Document Type: Article

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