Coarse woody debris as a function of age, stand structure, and disturbance in boreal Newfoundland

Ecological Applications

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 702-712

  Sturtevant, Brian R ^a   Bissonette, John A ^b   Long, James N ^a   Roberts, Dave W ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b US National Biological Service   (United States)

Author keywords

Abies balsamea; Balsam fir; Betula papyrifera; Black spruce; Boreal; Chronosequence; Coarse woody debris; Disturbance; Newfoundland; Picea mariana; Relative density; Stand structure; White birch

Indexed keywords

ABIES; ABIES BALSAMEA; BETULA PAPYRIFERA; BETULA PENDULA; PICEA MARIANA; TRIXIS; BETULACEAE; PINACEAE;

BALSAM FIR; BLACK SPRUCE; COARSE WOODY DEBRIS; DEAD WOOD; SPRUCE-FIR FOREST; TEMPORAL PATTERN;

CANADA, NEWFOUNDLAND;

EID: 0030613877     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(1997)007[0702:CWDAAF]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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