A New Method for Delineating Tree Patches and Assessing Spatial Reference Conditions of Ponderosa Pine Forests in Northern Arizona

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 490-499

  Sánchez Meador, Andrew J ^a,b   Parysow, Pablo F ^a   Moore, Margaret M ^a  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Forest Management Service Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Arizona; G. A. Pearson; Pinus ponderosa; Presettlement; Spatial reference conditions; T. S. Woolsey, Jr.; Tree patches; Woolsey plots

Indexed keywords

FOREST MANAGEMENT; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; STAND DYNAMICS; THINNING;

ARIZONA; UNITED STATES;

PINUS PONDEROSA;

EID: 79959798783     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: 1526100X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-100X.2010.00652.x     Document Type: Article

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