Are pre-Columbian conditions relevant baselines for managed forests in the northeastern United States?

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 185, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 113-126

  Litvaitis, John A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

Baseline conditions; Benchmark; Early successional forests; Natural disturbances; Pre Columbian conditions; Shrublands; Thicket

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; HARVESTING; SEED; TIMBER;

SHRUBLANDS;

FORESTRY;

BASELINE CONDITIONS; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HISTORICAL ECOLOGY; SHRUBLAND;

(NORTHEAST); UNITED STATES;

CASTOR CANADENSIS; CASTOR FIBER;

EID: 0042723352     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(03)00250-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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