Modeling disturbance and competition in temperate forests of northeastern North America

Modern silviculture is shifting from even-aged management toward sustainable management of the diversity of forest communities. Traditional growth-and-yield models are too simple for this new approach, but mechanistic models that can incorporate the complexity are too general. This shift in emphasis...

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Main Author: Papaik, Michael J
Language:ENG
Published: ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst 2005
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Online Access:https://scholarworks.umass.edu/dissertations/AAI3179913