Forest structure in space: A case study of an old growth spruce-fir forest in Changbaishan Natural Reserve, PR China

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 120, Issue 1-3, 1999, Pages 219-233

  Chen, Jiquan ^a   Bradshaw, Gay A ^b  

^a MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Canopy gap; China; Ripley's K; Scale; Spatial analysis; Spruce fir; Stand dynamics

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HETEROGENEITY;

CHINA;

EID: 0033549637     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(98)00543-X     Document Type: Conference Paper

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