Structural heterogeneity and spatial autocorrelation in a natural mature Pinus sylvestris dominated forest

Ecography

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 159-174

  Kuuluvainen, Timo ^a   Järvinen, Erkki ^b   Hokkanen, Timo J ^c   Rouvinen, Seppo ^b   Heikkinen, Kari ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^c Finland's Environmental Administration   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; FOREST STRUCTURE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL SCALE; TREE SIZE; VERTICAL STRATIFICATION;

FINLAND;

ALNUS INCANA; BETULA PENDULA; JUNIPERUS COMMUNIS; PICEA ABIES; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; POPULUS TREMULA; SALIX CAPREA; SORBUS AUCUPARIA;

EID: 0345164317     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.1998.tb00670.x     Document Type: Article

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