Large-scale interdisciplinary experiments inform current and future forestry management options in the U.S. Pacific Northwest

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 258, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 409-414

  Peterson, Charles E ^a   Anderson, Paul D ^b  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Operational silviculture experiments; Science based resource management; Variable retention

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MANAGEMENT; BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY; ECONOMIC PROSPERITY; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; FEDERAL LANDS; FIELD EXPERIMENT; FOREST MANAGERS; FORESTRY MANAGEMENT; INTERDISCIPLINARY EXPERIMENT; LAND MANAGEMENTS; LARGE SCALE EXPERIMENTS; OPERATIONAL SILVICULTURE EXPERIMENTS; PACIFIC NORTHWEST; PARADIGM SHIFTS; PUBLIC SCRUTINY; PUBLIC VALUES; SCIENCE-BASED RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SCIENTIFIC RESULTS; SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT; TIMBER MANAGEMENT; VARIABLE RETENTION; WASHINGTON;

ECOLOGY; EXPERIMENTS; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; LAND USE; NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; TIMBER;

FORESTRY;

ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; ECONOMIC IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; INVESTMENT; RESEARCH;

ECOLOGY; EXPERIMENTATION; FORESTRY; FORESTS; LAND USE; MANAGEMENT; NATURAL RESOURCES; RETENTION;

NORTH AMERICA; OREGON; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

EID: 67649347866     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2008.12.029     Document Type: Article

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