Structure and dynamics of an ancient montane forest in coastal British Columbia

Oecologia

Volumn 141, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 562-576

  Parish, Roberta ^a   Antos, Joseph A ^b  

^a RESEARCH BRANCH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Abies amabilis; Age structure; Chamaecyparis nootkatensis; Patch dynamics; Tsuga mertensiana

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; FOREST DYNAMICS; MONTANE FOREST; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; STAND STRUCTURE;

AGE; ARTICLE; CANADA; CLIMATE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TREE;

AGE FACTORS; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TREES;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ABIES; ABIES AMABILIS; CHAMAECYPARIS; CHAMAECYPARIS NOOTKATENSIS; TSUGA; TSUGA HETEROPHYLLA; TSUGA MERTENSIANA;

EID: 11144249842     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-004-1690-4     Document Type: Article

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