Single-tree versus group selection in hemlock-hardwood forests: Are smaller openings less productive?

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 591-604

  Webster, Christopher R ^a   Lorimer, Craig G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; HARDWOODS;

CANOPY TREE GAPS;

FORESTRY;

BIOMASS; CANOPY GAP; COHORT ANALYSIS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; PATCH SIZE;

UNITED STATES;

BETULA; BETULA ALLEGHANIENSIS; CONIUM; CONIUM MACULATUM; TSUGA; TSUGA CANADENSIS;

EID: 0036228148     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x02-003     Document Type: Article

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