Forest disturbance frequency and patch structure from pre-European settlement to present in the Mixed Forest Province of Minnesota, USA

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 2212-2226

  White, M A ^a,b   Host, G E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH   (United States)

^b THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; ANTENNAS; FORESTRY; HARVESTING; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; PHOTOGRAPHY; REMOTE SENSING;

ECOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION; FIRE FREQUENCIES; FOREST CONDITIONS; FOREST DISTURBANCES; HARVEST RATES; LAND MANAGERS; LAND SURVEYORS; LANDSCAPE PATTERNS; MANAGED FORESTS; MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; MINNESOTA; MINNESOTA , USA; NATURAL PROCESSES; PATCH STRUCTURE; PRE-EUROPEAN SETTLEMENT; PRESETTLEMENT; SPATIAL PATTERNING; SURVEY DATA; TIMBER HARVESTING; TIME PERIODS; TREE-MORTALITY;

PERSONNEL;

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; CLASSIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; LAND USE CHANGE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MIXED FOREST; STAND STRUCTURE;

AIR CRAFT; FORESTRY; HARVESTING; PHOTOGRAPHY; REMOTE SENSING;

MINNESOTA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 49249101942     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X08-065     Document Type: Article

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