Understory competition effect on tree growth and biomass allocation on a coastal old-growth forest cutover site in British Columbia

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 83, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 1-11

  Chang, S X ^a,c   Weetman, G F ^a   Preston, C M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b PACIFIC FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^c LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Biomass allocation; Diameter growth; Height; Resource depletion; Salal; Understory competition

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS ALLOCATION; GROWTH; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; SALAL; TREE; UNDERSTOREY COMPETITION;

CANADA, BRITISH COLUMBIA, VANCOUVER ISLAND;

ERICACEAE; GAULTHERIA SHALLON; PICEA SITCHENSIS; PINACEAE; THUJA PLICATA; TSUGA HETEROPHYLLA;

EID: 0030430190     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1127(96)03707-3     Document Type: Article

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