Development history and bibliography of the US Forest Service crown-condition indicator for forest health monitoring

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 185, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 4977-4993

  Randolph, Kadonna C ^a  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Crown condition; Forest health monitoring; Forest survey history; Visual assessments

Indexed keywords

COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENT; CROWN CONDITIONS; EARLY WARNING SYSTEM; FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES; FOREST HEALTH MONITORING; FOREST INVENTORY AND ANALYSIS; US DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURES; VISUAL ASSESSMENTS;

ACID RAIN; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); PUBLISHING; SURVEYS;

FORESTRY;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIBLIOGRAPHY; CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOREST HEALTH; FOREST INVENTORY; FOREST MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS AND RELATED PHENOMENA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FOREST SERVICE CROWN CONDITION INDICATOR; FOREST STRUCTURE; TREE CROWN; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

ACER; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; TREES; UNITED STATES;

ACID PRECIPITATION; EUROPE; FORESTS; NORTH AMERICA;

UNITED STATES;

ACER SACCHARUM;

EID: 84879054864     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-012-2919-z     Document Type: Article

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