Maintaining attributes of old-growth forests in coastal B.C. through variable retention

Forestry Chronicle

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 570-578

  Beese, W J ^a   Dunsworth, B G ^a   Zielke, K ^b   Bancroft, B ^b  

^a Weyerhaeuser Canada   (Canada)

^b Symmetree Consulting Group   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Landscape zoning; Old growth forests; Silvicultural systems; Variable retention

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; ECOSYSTEMS; HARVESTING;

OLD-GROWTH FORESTS;

FORESTRY;

FOREST MANAGEMENT; HARVESTING; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; RETENTION; SILVICULTURE;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA;

EID: 0141566497     PISSN: 00157546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5558/tfc79570-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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