The FORWARD Project: Objectives, framework and initial integration into a detailed forest management plan in Alberta

Forestry Chronicle

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 330-337

  Prepas, Ellie E ^a,b   Putz, Gordon ^c   Smith, Daniel W ^b   Burke, Janice M ^a   MacDonald, J Douglas ^d  

^a LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^d AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Forest management; Hydrology; Modelling; Soils; Stream; Watershed; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

HYDROLOGY; MODELS; RUNOFF; SOILS; TABLE LOOKUP; WATERSHEDS; WETLANDS;

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; FOREST MANAGEMENT PLANS; FORWARD MODELLING; HYDROLOGIC IMPACTS; HYDROLOGICAL MODELLING; MILLAR WESTERN FOREST PRODUCTS; RUNOFF COEFFICIENTS; STREAM;

FORESTRY;

DATA SET; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; RUNOFF; SOIL TEXTURE; STREAM; WATERSHED; WETLAND;

FOREST MANAGEMENT; HARVESTING; HYDROLOGY; MINING; SOIL; WATER SHEDS; WETLANDS;

ALBERTA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 65649133010     PISSN: 00157546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5558/tfc84330-3     Document Type: Article

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