Ecological and social implications of employing diameter caps at a collaborative forest restoration project near Flagstaff, Arizona, USA

Forest Policy and Economics

Volumn 52, Issue , 2015, Pages 39-45

  Egan, Dave ^a   Stoddard, Michael ^a   Formanack, Alicia ^b  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Collaboration; Diameter cap; Ecological restoration; Forest policy; Forest restoration; Fort Valley Experimental Forest

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; LAND USE; LANDFORMS; RESTORATION;

COLLABORATION; DIAMETER CAP; ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION; FOREST POLICY; FOREST RESTORATION; FORT VALLEY EXPERIMENTAL FOREST;

FORESTRY;

EID: 84922855353     PISSN: 13899341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2014.11.013     Document Type: Article

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