Selected Nova Scotia old-growth forests: Age, ecology, structure, scoring

Forestry Chronicle

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 632-644

  Stewart, Bruce J ^a   Neily, Peter D ^a   Quigley, Eugene J ^a   Duke, Anthony P ^a   Benjamin, Lawrence K ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Acadian forest; Age structure; American beech; Climax; Coarse woody debris; Diameter; Eastern hemlock; Late succession; Northern hardwood; Old growth; Primal; Red spruce; Scoring; Sugar maple; Uneven aged; White pine; Yellow birch

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CALCULATIONS; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS;

BASAL AREA REPRESENTATION;

FORESTRY;

AGE STRUCTURE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DEAD WOOD; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; STAND STRUCTURE; SUCCESSION;

CANADA; NOVA SCOTIA;

ACER; ACER SACCHARUM; BETULA ALLEGHANIENSIS; CONIUM; CONIUM MACULATUM; FAGUS; FAGUS GRANDIFOLIA; IMPLETA; PICEA; PICEA RUBENS; PINUS STROBUS; TSUGA CANADENSIS;

EID: 0141789840     PISSN: 00157546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5558/tfc79632-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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