Long-term research at the USDA forest service's experimental forests and ranges

BioScience

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 39-48

  Lugo, Ariel E ^a   Swanson, Frederick J ^b   González, Olga Ramos ^b   Adams, Mary Beth ^c   Palik, Brian ^d   Thill, Ronald E ^e   Brockway, Dale G ^e   Kern, Christel ^d   Woodsmith, Richard ^f   Musselman, Robert ^g  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL FORESTRY   (Puerto Rico)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^c USDA Forest Service Northeastern Research Station Parsons   (United States)

^d NORTH CENTRAL RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^e USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^f PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^g ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Experimental forests; Experimental rangelands; Global change science; Research networks; Silviculture

Indexed keywords

EID: 30544451853     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1641/0006-3568(2006)056[0039:LRATUF]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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