Evaluating forest product potential as part of planning ecological restoration treatments on forested landscapes

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 237-248

  Barbour, R James ^a   Singleton, Ryan ^b   Maguire, Douglas A ^b  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost; Ecological restoration; Ecosystem management; Forest products; GIS; Landscape analysis; Landscape modeling; Revenue; Wood supply

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; HARVESTING; LAND USE;

ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; LANDSCAPE ANALYSIS; LANDSCAPE MODELING; WOOD SUPPLY;

FORESTRY;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; FIRE MANAGEMENT; FOREST DYNAMICS; FORESTRY PRODUCTION; INTEGRATED APPROACH; LANDSCAPE PLANNING; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SILVICULTURE; TIMBER HARVESTING;

ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; HARVESTING; LAND USE;

EID: 33947727503     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2006.12.003     Document Type: Article

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