Dynamics of snags in aspen-dominated midboreal forests

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 105, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 263-272

  Lee, Philip ^a  

^a ALBERTA RESEARCH COUNCIL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alberta; Betula papyrifera; Boreal forest; Coarse woody debris; Deadwood; Picea glauca; Populus balsamifera; Populus tremuloides; Standing dead trees; Wildlife trees

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FOREST; SNAG; TREMBLING ASPEN; WOODY DEBRIS;

CANADA, ALBERTA;

POPULUS TREMULOIDES;

EID: 0032527090     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(97)00286-7     Document Type: Article

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