Assessment of sustainability in intensively managed forested landscapes: A case study in eastern Texas

Forest Science

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 321-333

  Azevedo, João C ^a   Wu, X Ben ^b   Messina, Michael G ^b   Fisher, Richard F ^c  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO DE BRAGANÇA   (Portugal)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Temple Inland Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Growth and yield models; Hydrologic model; Landscape model; SFI; Sustainable forestry

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LANDFORMS; SEDIMENTS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CHANNEL DEGRADATION; FOREST LANDSCAPE; SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY INITIATIVE (SFI);

FORESTRY;

BIODIVERSITY; FORESTRY; LAND; SEDIMENTS; SIMULATION; SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT; TEXAS;

DENDROICA PINUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 23244460866     PISSN: 0015749X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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