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1. Plant Species Diversity in Natural and Managed Forests of the Pacific Northwest

Author:
Halpern, Charles B.; Spies, Thomas A.
Source:
Ecological applications 1995 v.5 no.4 pp. 913-934
ISSN:
1051-0761
Subject:
Pseudotsuga; burning; canopy; chronosequences; clearcutting; ecosystems; extinction; forest management; forest stands; forests; issues and policy; logging; plantation forestry; resource management; slash; spatial variation; species diversity; tropics; understory; Oregon; Washington (state)
Abstract:
... With the exception of the tropics, nowhere has the relationship between resource management and conservation of biological diversity been more controversial than in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. Widespread loss and fragmentation of old—growth ecosystems have stimulated critical review and revision of existing forest management policies. However, studies of the consequences of ...
DOI:
10.2307/2269343