Status of mature and old-growth forests in the pacific northwest

Conservation Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 363-374

  Strittholt, James R ^a   Dellasala, Dominick A ^b   Jiang, Hong ^a,c  

^a Conservation Biology Institute ^*  (United States)

^b WORLD WILDLIFE FUND   (United States)

^c NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

GAP analysis; Inventoried roadless areas; Landsat imagery; Old growth; Protected areas

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION PLANNING; CONSERVATION STATUS; FOREST INVENTORY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; LANDSAT; OLD-GROWTH FOREST;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FORESTRY; LEGAL ASPECT; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; TREE; UNITED STATES;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FORESTRY; NORTHWESTERN UNITED STATES; TREES;

CASCADE RANGE; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC NORTHWEST; UNITED STATES;

CONIFEROPHYTA;

EID: 33645098454     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2006.00384.x     Document Type: Article

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