Predicting the potential for old-growth forests by spatial simulation of landscape ageing patterns

Forestry Chronicle

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 621-631

  Perera, Ajith H ^a   Baldwin, David J B ^a   Yemshanov, Dennis G ^a   Schnekenburger, Frank ^a   Weaver, Kevin ^a   Boychuk, Dennis ^b  

^a ONTARIO FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b ONTARIO MINISTRY OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Age class distribution; Boreal forest; Fire regime simulation; Landscape ecology; Landscape management; Natural forest disturbances; Old growth; Ontario; Spatial simulation modelling; Stochastic models

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOSYSTEMS; ERROR ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

LANDSCAPES;

FORESTRY;

CONSERVATION PLANNING; DISTURBANCE; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; OLD-GROWTH FOREST;

EID: 0141677879     PISSN: 00157546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5558/tfc79621-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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