Height growth-elevation relationships in subalpine forests of interior British Columbia

Forestry Chronicle

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 193-198

  Klinka, K ^a   Wang, Q ^b   Carter, R E ^c   Chen, H Y H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE OF APPLIED ECOLOGY   (China)

^c TimberWest Forest Corporation   (Canada)

Author keywords

Abies lasiocarpa; elevation; Engelmann Spruce Subalpine Fir zone; height growth; latitude; longitude; Picea engelmannii; site index

Indexed keywords

ABIES; ABIES LASIOCARPA; PICEA; PICEA ENGELMANNII; PINACEAE;

ELEVATION; GROWTH;

CANADA, BRITISH COLUMBIA;

EID: 0029663452     PISSN: 00157546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5558/tfc72193-2     Document Type: Article

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