Historical fire and vegetation dynamics in dry forests of the interior Pacific Northwest, USA, and relationships to Northern Spotted Owl (Strix occidentalis caurina) habitat conservation

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 258, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 554-566

  Kennedy, Rebecca S H ^a   Wimberly, Michael C ^b  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dry forests; Fire; Forest management; Forest policy; Landscape analysis; Northern spotted owl; Simulation modeling; Strix occidentalis caurina; Vegetation dynamics

Indexed keywords

DRY FORESTS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FOREST POLICY; LANDSCAPE ANALYSIS; NORTHERN SPOTTED OWL; SIMULATION MODELING; STRIX OCCIDENTALIS CAURINA; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONSERVATION; DYNAMICS; ECOLOGY; FIRES; FORESTRY; LAND RECLAMATION; LAND USE; OCEAN HABITATS; PLANNING; RISK PERCEPTION;

VEGETATION;

ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HISTORICAL ECOLOGY; RAPTOR; SUCCESSION; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

CONSERVATION; DECISION MAKING; FOREST FIRES; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY; LAND USE; PLANTATIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIMULATION;

STRIGIFORMES; STRIX OCCIDENTALIS CAURINA;

EID: 67650001627     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2009.04.019     Document Type: Article

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