Criteria for estimating old growth in boreal mixedwoods from standard timber inventory data

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 129, Issue 1-3, 2000, Pages 25-30

  Lee, Philip ^a   Hanus, Stephen ^a   Grover, Brigette ^b  

^a ALBERTA RESEARCH COUNCIL   (Canada)

^b Alberta Pacific Forest Industries Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alberta forests; Aspen; Boreal; Mixedwoods; Old growth forests; Overmature forests; Picea glauca; Populus tremuloides; Stand structure; Tree size distribution; White spruce

Indexed keywords

PICEA GLAUCA; POPULUS TREMULOIDES; TIMBER;

PLANTS (BOTANY); SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STANDARDS; VEGETATION;

FORESTRY;

ESTIMATION METHOD; GROWTH; MIXED FOREST; OLD-GROWTH FOREST;

EID: 0034678743     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(99)00165-6     Document Type: Article

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