Modeling configuration dynamics of harvested forest landscapes in the Canadian boreal plains

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 229-241

  Wang, Xianli ^a   Cumming, Steve G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b CENTRE D OPTIQUE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Boreal forest; Forest fragmentation; Harvesting; Landscape configuration; Landscape dynamics; Landscape pattern metrics

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BOREAL FOREST; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING; HARVESTING; MEASUREMENT METHOD; STAND STRUCTURE;

ALBERTA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 59449102140     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10980-008-9301-0     Document Type: Article

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