Conserving old-growth forest diversity in disturbance-prone landscapes

Conservation Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 351-362

  Spies, Thomas A ^a   Hemstrom, Miles A ^b   Youngblood, Andrew ^b   Hummel, Susan ^b  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecosystem management; Fire; Forest dynamics; Northwest Forest Plan

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION PLANNING; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; FOREST DYNAMICS; WILDFIRE;

BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FIRE; FORESTRY; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; REVIEW; TREE; UNITED STATES;

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

HEXAPODA; INSECTA; PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII; STRIGIFORMES; STRIX OCCIDENTALIS CAURINA;

EID: 33645100091     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2006.00389.x     Document Type: Review

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