Change in the forested and developed landscape of the Lake Tahoe basin, California and Nevada, USA, 1940-2002

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 255, Issue 8-9, 2008, Pages 3424-3439

  Raumann, Christian G ^a   Cablk, Mary E ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

California; Fire suppression; Forest dynamics; Lake Tahoe basin; Land use and land cover change

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LAND USE; WATER QUALITY;

FIRE SUPPRESSION; FOREST DYNAMICS; LAND COVER CHANGE;

FORESTRY;

FOREST MANAGEMENT; GIS; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LAND COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDSCAPE; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MORTALITY; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION GROWTH; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SUCCESSION; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION; TIMBER HARVESTING; URBAN DEVELOPMENT;

ECOLOGY; FOREST FIRES; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY; LAND USE;

CALIFORNIA; LAKE TAHOE BASIN; NEVADA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

COLEOPTERA; SCOLYTINAE;

EID: 43049111037     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2008.02.028     Document Type: Article

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