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Variable-retention harvests in the Pacific Northwest: a review of short-term findings from the DEMO study. Forest Ecology and Management 258: 398-408. Available at https://www.fs.usda.gov/research/treesearch/33419 Franklin J.F., Berg D.R., Thornburgh D.A., and Tappeiner J.C. 1997. Alternative silvicultural approaches to timber harvesting: Variable retention harvest systems. In: Kohm, K.A., Franklin, J.F. (Eds.), Creating a Forestry for the 21st Century, The Science of Ecosystem Management, Island Press, Washington, D.C., pp. 111–139. Mitchell S.J. and Beese W.J. 2002. The retention system: Reconciling variable retention with the principles of silvicultural systems. The Forestry Chronicle 78(3): 397–403. 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