Tradeoffs between forestry resource and conservation values under alternate policy regimes: A spatial analysis of the western Canadian boreal plains

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 221, Issue 21, 2010, Pages 2590-2603

  Hauer, Grant ^a   Cumming, Steve ^b   Schmiegelow, Fiona ^a   Adamowicz, Wiktor ^a   Weber, Marian ^a   Jagodzinski, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Coarse filter indicators; Fine filter indicators; Forest management; Natural disturbance regime; Production possibility frontier; Range of natural variation; Spatial simulation

Indexed keywords

COARSE-FILTER INDICATORS; FINE-FILTER INDICATORS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; NATURAL DISTURBANCE REGIME; NATURAL VARIATION; PRODUCTION POSSIBILITY FRONTIER; SPATIAL SIMULATION;

BIODIVERSITY; BIRDS; ECOLOGY; GAS INDUSTRY; NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT; SITE SELECTION; TIMBER;

FORESTRY;

ABUNDANCE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOINDICATOR; BOREAL FOREST; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FOREST RESOURCE; FORESTRY POLICY; HARVESTING; POLICY ANALYSIS; SONGBIRD; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TRADE-OFF;

BIODIVERSITY; BIRDS; ECOLOGY; FOREST FIRES; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTS; NATURAL RESOURCES; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SIMULATION; SITES;

CANADA;

AVES; PASSERI;

EID: 77956421006     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2010.07.013     Document Type: Article

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