Use of state-and-transition simulation modeling in national forest planning in the Pacific Northwest, U.S.A

USDA Forest Service - General Technical Report PNW-GTR

Volumn , Issue 869, 2012, Pages 23-41

  Shlisky, Ayn J ^a   Vandendriesche, Don ^a  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative development; Land use planning; Model calibration; State and transition model

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOMASS; CALIBRATION; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FIRE BEHAVIOR; FOREST INVENTORY; FORESTRY POLICY; GROWTH RATE; HARVESTING; LAND MANAGEMENT; LAND USE PLANNING; LITERATURE REVIEW; NATIONAL PARK; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRESCRIBED BURNING; REGENERATION; RESIDENCE TIME; THINNING;

OKANOGAN NATIONAL FOREST; OREGON; PACIFIC NORTHWEST; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES]; WENATCHEE NATIONAL FOREST;

EID: 84873179476     PISSN: 08874840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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