Canopy gap characteristics and their implications for management in the temperate rainforests of southeast Alaska

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 159, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 271-291

  Ott, Robert A ^a   Juday, Glenn P ^b  

^a Forestry Program   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; Canopy gaps; Ecosystem management; Forest disturbance; Forest management

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; SOILS;

CROP TREES;

FORESTRY;

CANOPY GAP; DISTURBANCE; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; FOREST MANAGEMENT; RAINFOREST;

UNITED STATES;

CONIUM; CONIUM MACULATUM; DRYOPTERIS; FILICOPHYTA; TSUGA HETEROPHYLLA; VACCINIUM;

EID: 0037090031     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(01)00436-4     Document Type: Article

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