Structural characteristics of old- and second-growth stands of longleaf pine (Pinus palustris) in the gulf coastal region of the U.S.A.

Conservation Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 533-548

  Noel, Jill M ^a,b   Platt, William J ^a   Barry Moser, E ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOREST MANAGEMENT; FOREST STRUCTURE; LONGLEAF PINE; PINE FOREST; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; TREE DENSITY;

USA, GULF COAST;

PINUS PALUSTRIS;

EID: 0031804473     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1739.1998.96124.x     Document Type: Article

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