Growth rate predicts mortality of Abies concolor in both burned and unburned stands

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1029-1038

  Van Mantgem, Phillip J ^a   Stephenson, Nathan L ^a   Mutch, Linda S ^b   Johnson, Veronica G ^a,d   Esperanza, Annie M ^b   Parsons, David J ^c  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks   (United States)

^c USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNCTIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY;

TREE MORTALITY;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

CONIFEROUS TREE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FIRE; GROWTH RATE; MORTALITY; PREDICTION;

UNITED STATES;

ABIES CONCOLOR; ABIES GRANDIS; CONIFERALES;

EID: 0042572471     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x03-019     Document Type: Article

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