Assessment of functional old-growth status: A case study in the Sub-Boreal Spruce zone of British Columbia, Canada

Natural Areas Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 293-308

  Kneeshaw, Daniel D ^a,b   Burton, Philip J ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c Symbios Research and Restoration   (Canada)

Author keywords

Age structure; Old growth indices; Spruce fir forest; Stand development

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; STAND STRUCTURE;

CANADA;

EID: 0031648091     PISSN: 08858608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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