Accurately ageing trees and examining their height-growth rates: Implications for interpreting forest dynamics

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 153-166

  Gutsell, S L ^a   Johnson, E A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Forest dynamics; Forest succession; Static age distributions; Tree height growth rates; Tree recruitment

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; FOREST DYNAMICS; GROWTH RATE; HEIGHT; RECRUITMENT; TREE;

ABIES; ABIES BALSAMEA; BETULA; BETULA PAPYRIFERA; PARAGNETINA; PICEA; PICEA GLAUCA; PICEA MARIANA; PINUS BANKSIANA; POPULUS; POPULUS TREMULOIDES;

EID: 0036192322     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0022-0477.2001.00646.x     Document Type: Article

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