Relationships between dwarf mistletoe and the canopy structure of an old-growth lodgepole pine forest in central Oregon

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 997-1009

  Godfree, R C ^a,b   Tinnin, R O ^a   Forbes, R B ^a  

^a PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; FORESTRY; WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION;

DEMOGRAPHY;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

CANOPY; CONIFEROUS FOREST; EPIPHYTE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; STAND STRUCTURE; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

UNITED STATES;

ARCEUTHOBIUM AMERICANUM; ARCEUTHOBIUM PUSILLUM; CONIFEROPHYTA; PINUS CONTORTA;

EID: 0042071559     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x03-024     Document Type: Article

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