The Interior Northwest Landscape Analysis System: A step toward understanding integrated landscape analysis

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 333-344

  Barbour, R James ^a   Hemstrom, Miles A ^a   Hayes, Jane L ^b  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b Pacific Northwest Research Station   (United States)

Author keywords

Forest vegetation simulator; Integrated landscape analysis; Legacy structure; Science integration; State and transition modeling; Ungulate herbivory; Wildlife habitat; Wood utilization

Indexed keywords

FIRE PROTECTION; FUELS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; VEGETATION;

INTEGRATED LANDSCAPE ANALYSIS; LEGACY STRUCTURE; SCIENCE INTEGRATION; STATE AND TRANSITION MODELING; UNGULATE HERBIVORY; WILDLIFE HABITAT;

LAND USE;

ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FIRE BEHAVIOR; FIRE MANAGEMENT; FOREST DYNAMICS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY MODELING; FORESTRY PRODUCTION; GRAZING PRESSURE; HERBIVORY; INTEGRATED APPROACH; LANDSCAPE PLANNING; UNGULATE;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

HEXAPODA; UNGULATA;

EID: 33947733316     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2006.12.002     Document Type: Article

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