Long-term patterns of diameter and basal area growth of old-growth Douglas-fir trees in western Oregon

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 1232-1243

  Poage, Nathan J ^a   Tappeiner II, John C ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLANTS (BOTANY); TISSUE;

BASAL AREA INCREMENTS;

FORESTRY;

BASAL AREA; GROWTH; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; SIZE STRUCTURE; TREE STUMP;

UNITED STATES;

ABIES; PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII;

EID: 0036433895     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x02-045     Document Type: Article

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