Coarse filter ecosystem management in a nonequilibrating forest

Forest Science

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 209-223

  Armstrong, Glen W ^a   Adamowicz, Wiktor L ^a   Beck Jr , James A ^a   Cumming, Steven G ^b   Schmiegelow, Fiona K A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b Boreal Ecosystems Research Ltd   (Canada)

Author keywords

Forest fire; Natural disturbance; Optimization; Simulation; Timber supply; Wildlife habitat

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOSYSTEMS; HARVESTERS; LINEAR PROGRAMMING; MONTE CARLO METHODS; WOOD;

FOREST HARVESTING;

FORESTRY;

ECOSYSTEMS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HARVESTING; LINEAR PROGRAMING; WOOD;

CELLULAR ORGANISMS; MILETINAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037387964     PISSN: 0015749X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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