Integrating biodiversity and forestry practices in western Canada

Forestry Chronicle

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 906-916

  Work, Timothy T ^a   Spence, John R ^a   Volney, W Jan A ^b   Morgantini, Luigi E ^a,c   Innes, John L ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b NORTHERN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^c Weyerhaeuser Saskatchewan Ltd   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Coarse filter; Fine filter; Forest industry; Green tree retention; Monitoring; Rare and threatened species; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; PLANTS (BOTANY); STRATEGIC PLANNING;

MERCHANTABLE TREES; WILDLIFE;

FORESTRY;

BIODIVERSITY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FOREST MANAGEMENT; INTEGRATED APPROACH; SUSTAINABILITY;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 1342310489     PISSN: 00157546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5558/tfc79906-5     Document Type: Review

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