Effects of restoration thinning on spatial heterogeneity in mixed-conifer forest

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1505-1517

  Larson, Andrew J ^a   Stover, Kyle C ^a,b   Keyes, Christopher R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b Grand Portage Reservation Trust Lands and Natural Resources   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FIRES; DOUGLAS; ECOLOGICAL PROCESS; FIRE REGIMES; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST RESTORATION; MIXED-CONIFER FORESTS; OLD-GROWTH; PINUS PONDEROSA; PONDEROSA PINES; POST TREATMENT; RANDOM TREE; REFERENCE CONDITION; REFERENCE SITES; RESTORATION SITES; SPATIAL AGGREGATION; SPATIAL HETEROGENEITY; SPATIAL PATTERNS; THINNING TREATMENT; TREATMENT UNITS;

CONSERVATION; FIRES; RESTORATION;

FORESTRY;

CONIFEROUS FOREST; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST FIRE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HARVESTING; HETEROGENEITY; MIXED FOREST; MORTALITY; RECONSTRUCTION; SILVICULTURE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STAND STRUCTURE; THINNING;

CONSERVATION; FOREST FIRES; FORESTRY; LARIX OCCIDENTALIS; PINUS PONDEROSA; RESTORATION;

CONIFEROPHYTA; LARIX; LARIX OCCIDENTALIS; PINUS PONDEROSA;

EID: 84864612394     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: 12086037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x2012-100     Document Type: Article

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