Snag densities in relation to human access and associated management factors in forests of Northeastern Oregon, USA

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 278-291

  Bate, Lisa J ^a   Wisdom, Michael J ^b   Wales, Barbara C ^b  

^a Pacific Northwest Research Station ^*  (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Current Vegetation Survey (CVS) data; Interior Northwest Landscape Analysis System (INLAS); Modeling; Roads; Snags; Wildlife

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; VEGETATION;

CURRENT VEGETATION SURVEY (CVS) DATA; INTERIOR NORTHWEST LANDSCAPE ANALYSIS SYSTEM (INLAS); SNAGS; WILDLIFE;

FORESTRY;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FOREST MANAGEMENT; SNAG; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

DATA; FORESTRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLANTS;

NORTH AMERICA; OREGON; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33947729997     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2006.10.008     Document Type: Article

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