Recent research on the management of hemlock-spruce forests in southeast Alaska for multiple values

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 72, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 65-78

  McClellan, Michael H ^a  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative silviculture; Clearcutting; Ecosystem management; Forest growth models; Wood quality

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION ANALYSIS; LAND USE; PRODUCTIVITY; REGIONAL PLANNING; WETLANDS; WOOD;

FORESTED WETLANDS; SPRUCE FOREST; STAND-GROWTH MODEL; WOOD PRODUCTION;

FORESTRY;

CLEARCUTTING; FOREST MANAGEMENT; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; SILVICULTURE; TIMBER HARVESTING;

FORESTRY; PICEA; PRODUCTIVITY; SILVICULTURE; WETLANDS; WOOD; WOOD PROPERTIES;

ALASKA; NORTH AMERICA; TONGASS NATIONAL FOREST; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 14844320121     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2004.09.013     Document Type: Article

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