USDA Forest Service Roadless Areas: Potential Biodiversity Conservation Reserves

In January 2001, approximately 23 x 106 ha of land in the U.S. National Forest System were slated to remain roadless and protected from timber extraction under the Final Roadless Conservation Rule. We examined the potential contributions of these areas to the conservation of biodiversity. Using GIS,...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Colby Loucks, Nicholas Brown, Andrea Loucks, Kerry Cesareo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Resilience Alliance 2003-12-01
Series:Ecology and Society
Subjects:
GIS
Online Access:http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol7/iss2/art5/