Modelling landscape-level effects of reduced herbicide use in two forests in Northern Ontario

Forestry Chronicle

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 290-309

  Dacosta, J ^a   Szuba, K ^b   Bell, F W ^a   Moore, T ^c   Lennon, K ^d   Leach, J ^e   Bazeley, D ^e   Luckai, N J ^f  

^a ONTARIO FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b EACOM Timber Corporation   (Canada)

^c Spatial Planning Systems ^*  (Canada)

^d ONTARIO MINISTRY OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Canada)

^e Tembec Inc   (Canada)

^f LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brush saw; Forest management planning; Forest vegetation management; Patchworks; Strategic Forest Management Model (SFMM); Wildlife habitat

Indexed keywords

BRUSH SAW; FOREST MANAGEMENT PLANNING; FOREST VEGETATION MANAGEMENT; PATCHWORKS; STRATEGIC FOREST MANAGEMENT MODEL (SFMM); WILDLIFE HABITATS;

ANIMALS; BRUSHES; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; MOTOR TRANSPORTATION; PLANNING; VEGETATION; WEED CONTROL;

HERBICIDES;

CONIFEROUS TREE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY MODELING; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HERBICIDE; LANDSCAPE PLANNING; PATCHINESS; PESTICIDE APPLICATION; STAKEHOLDER; STAND STRUCTURE; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

ANIMALS; BRUSHES; ECOSYSTEMS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY; HARDWOODS; HERBICIDES; ONTARIO; PLANNING; PLANTS; WEED CONTROL;

CANADA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

CONIFEROPHYTA;

EID: 79960015589     PISSN: 00157546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5558/tfc2011-015     Document Type: Article

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