Characteristics and origins of deadwood material in aspen-dominated boreal forests

Ecological Applications

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 691-701

  Lee, Philip C ^a   Crites, Susan ^b   Nietfeld, Marie ^a   Van Nguyen, Hai ^a   Stelfox, J Brad ^a  

^a Alberta Environmental Centre   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Boreal forest; Coarse woody debris; Downed woody material; Forest structure; Populus tremuloides; Snags; Wildlife habitat

Indexed keywords

POPULUS TREMULOIDES;

EID: 0030807758     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(1997)007[0691:CAOODM]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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