Western redcedar population dynamics in old-growth forests: Contrasting ecological paradigms using tree rings

Forestry Chronicle

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 517-530

  Daniels, Lori D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Coastal British Columbia; Disturbance regimes; Regeneration dynamics; Thuja plicata; Variable retention silviculture

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATOLOGY; SUBSTRATES; TIMBER;

REDCEDAR;

FORESTRY;

CANOPY GAP; DISTURBANCE; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SUCCESSION; TREE RING;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA;

ABIES; ABIES AMABILIS; CONIUM; CONIUM MACULATUM; THUJA; THUJA PLICATA; TSUGA; TSUGA HETEROPHYLLA;

EID: 0141566527     PISSN: 00157546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5558/tfc79517-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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