Detecting tree populations at risk for forest conservation management: Using single-year vs. long-term inventory data

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 174, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 423-435

  Kohira, Masao ^a   Ninomiya, Ikuo ^a  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Declining population; Fir hemlock forests; Matrix projection model; Model selection; Size class distribution

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONSERVATION; RANDOM PROCESSES;

FOREST CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT;

FORESTRY;

CONSERVATION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; INVENTORY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TREE;

FORESTS; RANDOM PROCESSES; TREES;

JAPAN;

ABIES; CONIUM MACULATUM;

EID: 0037450612     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(02)00076-2     Document Type: Article

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