Historical range of variability in landscape structure: A simulation study in Oregon, USA

Ecological Applications

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1727-1746

  Nonaka, Etsuko ^a,c   Spies, Thomas A ^a,b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Disturbance; Fire; Forest management; Historical range of variability (HRV); Landscape dynamics; Landscape metrics; Oregon Coast Range; Presettlement; Principal component analysis; Scenario; Stochastic simulation model

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; LANDSCAPE HISTORY; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; WILDFIRE;

NORTH AMERICA; OREGON; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 26044470701     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/04-0902     Document Type: Article

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