Approximating natural landscape pattern using aggregated harvest

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1846-1853

  Carlson, Matthew ^a,c   Kurz, Werner A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^c Terra Ecological Consulting   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONSTRAINT THEORY; FORESTRY;

NATURAL LANDSCAPE; NORTHEASTERN ALBERTA;

HARVESTING;

ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FOREST FIRE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY MODELING; FRAGMENTATION; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MODEL VALIDATION; TIMBER HARVESTING;

AGGLOMERATION; FORESTRY; HARVESTING; RESTRAINTS; SIMULATION;

ALBERTA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 38149025420     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X07-059     Document Type: Article

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