Emulating natural fire effects using harvesting in an eastern boreal forest landscape of northeast China

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 782-795

  Liu, Zhihua ^a   He, Hong S ^b   Yang, Jian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF APPLIED ECOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Fire disturbance; LANDIS; Landscape ecology; Management based on natural disturbance; Spatial heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; BOREAL FOREST; FIRE MANAGEMENT; FOREST FIRE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY MODELING; HARVESTING; HETEROGENEITY; LANDSCAPE; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; REGENERATION; SILVICULTURE;

CHINA;

LARIX;

EID: 84863511609     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: 16541103     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-1103.2012.01397.x     Document Type: Article

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