System design and management for restoring Penn's woods

Journal of Forestry

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 30-37

  Jenkins, Dylan H ^a   Devlin, Daniel A ^b   Johnson, Nels C ^a   Orndorff, Stephanie P ^a  

^a THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

^b Bureau of Forestry   (United States)

Author keywords

Old growth; Restoration; Sivilculture

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

ANTHROPOGENIC DISTURBANCES; OLD GROWTH FORESTS;

FORESTRY;

DESIGN; FOREST MANAGEMENT; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SILVICULTURE;

NORTH AMERICA; PENNSYLVANIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 2442554030     PISSN: 00221201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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