Productivity, population structure, and subsistence use of a white spruce forest in the Kennicott valley, Alaska

Mountain Research and Development

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 285-308

  Loso, Michael G ^a  

^a Wrangell Mountains Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HARVESTING; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PRODUCTIVITY; SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY; WOODFUEL;

ALASKA; KENNICOTT VALLEY; UNITED STATES;

COLEOPTERA; DENDROCTONUS RUFIPENNIS; PICEA; PICEA GLAUCA;

EID: 0032438108     PISSN: 02764741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3674095     Document Type: Article

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