Height growth and vertical development of an old-growth Pseudotsuga-Tsuga forest in southwestern Washington State, U.S.A.

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 17-24

  Ishii, Hiroaki ^a   Reynolds, Joel H ^a,c   Ford, E David ^a   Shaw, David C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Wind River Canopy Crane Res Facil   (United States)

^c Gene Conservation Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH; HEIGHT; OLD-GROWTH FOREST;

UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON;

ABIES; ABIES AMABILIS; PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII; TAXUS BREVIFOLIA; THUJA; THUJA PLICATA; TSUGA; TSUGA HETEROPHYLLA;

EID: 0034058521     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjfr-30-1-17     Document Type: Article

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