Estimating the impacts of harvest distribution on road-building and snag abundance

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 323-331

  DeLong, S Craig ^a   Fall, S Andrew ^b   Sutherland, Glenn D ^c  

^a RESEARCH BRANCH   (Canada)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Cortex Consultants Inc ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ECOLOGY; EDGE DETECTION; HARVESTERS; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; ROAD CONSTRUCTION; STREAM FLOW;

HARVEST DISTRIBUTION; STREAM CROSSINGS;

FORESTRY;

HARVESTING; MODELING; ROAD CONSTRUCTION; SILVICULTURE; SNAG;

MILETINAE;

EID: 2342481799     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x03-184     Document Type: Conference Paper

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