Extreme weather and forest management in the Mid-Atlantic Region of the United States

Northern Journal of Applied Forestry

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 61-70

  DeWalle, David R ^a   Buda, Anthony R ^a   Fisher, Ann ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Costs; Drought; Flooding; Hurricanes; Ice storms; Income; Mitigation strategies; Snowfall; Southern pine; Upland hardwoods; Windthrow

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; COSTS; DROUGHT; FLOODS; HURRICANES; STRATEGIC PLANNING; TIMBER;

ICE STORMS; INCOME; MITIGATION STRATEGIES; SNOWFALLS; SOUTHERN PINE; UPLAND HARDWOODS; WINDTHROW;

FORESTRY;

BIODIVERSITY; COSTS; DROUGHT; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; FLOODS; FORESTRY; SOUTHERN PINES; WEATHER;

PINUS ECHINATA;

EID: 4644236140     PISSN: 07426348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/njaf/20.2.61     Document Type: Article

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