Spatial patterns of tree mortality in an old-growth Abies-Pseudotsuga stand

Northwest Science

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 132-138

  Acker, Steven A ^a   Harmon, Mark E ^a   Spies, Thomas A ^b   McKee, W Arthur ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABIES; PSEUDOTSUGA; ABIES AMABILIS; ABIES PROCERA; PINACEAE; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII;

MORTALITY; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; SPATIAL PATTERN; TREE;

USA, OREGON, CASCADES;

EID: 0029660344     PISSN: 0029344X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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