Incorporating hydrologic dynamics into buffer strip design on the sub-humid Boreal Plain of Alberta

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 256, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1984-1994

  Creed, I F ^a   Sass, G Z ^a   Wolniewicz, M B ^a   Devito, K J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Boreal forest; Boreal Plain; Buffer strip; Forest management; Hydrology; Probability; RADARSAT; Remote sensing; Wet areas; Wetland

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; EARTH SCIENCES; FORESTRY; IMAGING SYSTEMS; LOGGING (FORESTRY); MAPS; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; PROBABILITY; RADAR; RANDOM PROCESSES; REMOTE SENSING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SENSORS; SPACE OPTICS; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; SYNTHETIC APERTURES; TARGET DRONES; TIMBER; WATER;

BOREAL FOREST; BOREAL PLAIN; BUFFER STRIP; FOREST MANAGEMENT; RADARSAT;

NUTRIENTS;

BOREAL FOREST; BUFFER ZONE; DESIGN; DISCHARGE; DRAINAGE BASIN; HUMID ENVIRONMENT; HYDRODYNAMICS; MAPPING METHOD; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; RELIEF; REMOTE SENSING; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

DATA BASES; FORESTRY; FORESTS; HYDROLOGY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LEAVES; RADAR;

ALBERTA; CANADA; MOOSE LAKE; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

EID: 54249163325     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2008.07.021     Document Type: Article

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