Overstory mortality as an indicator of forest health in California

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 285-295

  Busing, R T ^a   Liegel, L H ^a   Labau, V J ^b  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOREST; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NONHUMAN; UNITED STATES;

AIR POLLUTION; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL TESTING; PLANTS (BOTANY); SAMPLING;

FOREST HEALTH; FOREST PRESERVATION; TREE MORTALITY;

FORESTRY;

FOREST HEALTH; FOREST HEALTH MONITORING PROGRAM; MORTALITY; OVERSTOREY MORTALITY; OVERSTORY MORTALITY; TREE;

USA, CALIFORNIA;

EID: 0029659933     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00414374     Document Type: Article

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