Modeling forest harvesting effects on landscape pattern in the Northwest Wisconsin Pine Barrens

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 236, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 113-126

  Radeloff, Volker C ^a   Mladenoff, David J ^a   Gustafson, Eric J ^b   Scheller, Robert M ^a   Zollner, Patrick A ^b   He, Hong S ^c   Akçakaya, H Resit ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^d APPLIED BIOMATHEMATICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Forest harvesting; LANDIS; Landscape ecology; Pine Barrens; Simulation modeling; Spatial pattern; Wisconsin

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOSYSTEMS; HARVESTING;

FOREST COMPOSITION; FOREST HARVESTING; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; WILDLIFE;

FORESTRY;

ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING; FIRE BEHAVIOR; FOREST DYNAMICS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; HARVESTING; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE;

ECOSYSTEMS; FOREST FIRES; HARVESTING; PINUS; SIMULATION; WISCONSIN;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WISCONSIN;

PINUS BANKSIANA; PINUS RESINOSA;

EID: 33750615218     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2006.09.007     Document Type: Article

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