Projecting landscape conditions in southern Utah by using VDDT

USDA Forest Service - General Technical Report PNW

Volumn , Issue 656, 2005, Pages 157-163

  Merzenich, James ^a   Frid, Leonardo ^b  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b ESSA Technologies Ltd   (Canada)

Author keywords

Forest dynamics; Landscape modeling; Natural disturbance; Simulation; Vegetative succession

Indexed keywords

DISTURBANCE; FOREST DYNAMICS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; SUCCESSION; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; UTAH;

CONIFEROPHYTA; JUNIPERUS; PINUS EDULIS;

EID: 31544477432     PISSN: 08874840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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