Assessing forest management strategies under a mountain pine beetle attack in Alberta: Exploring the impacts

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 597-610

  Mathey, Anne Hélène ^a   Nelson, Harry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBERTA; CLASS STRUCTURES; DENDROCTONUS PONDEROSAE; EXPLICIT MODELS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FOREST RESOURCES; GROWING STOCKS; HARVEST LEVELS; HOPKINS; MANAGEMENT OBJECTIVES; MOUNTAIN PINE BEETLE; NET REVENUE; TIMBER SUPPLY; VOLUME FLOW;

HARVESTING; LANDFORMS; TIMBER; TIME MEASUREMENT;

FORESTRY;

AGE CLASS; BEETLE; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; FOREST INVENTORY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FOREST RESOURCE; HARVESTING; PEST OUTBREAK;

FORESTRY; FORESTS; HARVESTING; INSECTS; LAND; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; TIME MEASUREMENT;

ALBERTA; CANADA;

COLEOPTERA; DENDROCTONUS PONDEROSAE; PINUS MUGO;

EID: 77951698858     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X10-006     Document Type: Article

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