Managing for late-successional/old-growth characteristics in northern hardwood-conifer forests

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 235, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 129-142

  Keeton, William S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Forest structure and development; Late successional; Northern hardwoods; Old growth; Sustainable forestry; Uneven aged silviculture

Indexed keywords

FOREST STRUCTURE AND DEVELOPMENT; LATE-SUCCESSIONAL; NORTHERN-HARDWOODS; OLD-GROWTH; UNEVEN-AGED SILVICULTURE;

ECOSYSTEMS; HARDWOODS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

FORESTRY;

COMPLEXITY; CONIFEROUS FOREST; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH RATE; SUCCESSION;

ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; HARDWOODS;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; VERMONT;

CONIFEROPHYTA;

EID: 33749526658     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2006.08.005     Document Type: Article

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