Population structure in old-growth and managed northern hardwoods: An examination of the balanced diameter distribution concept

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 118, Issue 1-3, 1999, Pages 11-29

  Goodburn, John M ^a   Lorimer, Craig G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Diameter distributions Growing space allocation; Negative exponential; Northern hardwood forests; Old growth forests; Q ratios; Rotated sigmoid; Stand dynamics; Stand structure; Sustainable forestry; Uneven aged management

Indexed keywords

FOREST MANAGEMENT; METHODOLOGY; POPULATION STRUCTURE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033553793     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(98)00478-2     Document Type: Article

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