Boreal mixedwood species composition in relationship to topography and white spruce seed dispersal constraint

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 209, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 167-180

  Albani, Marco ^a,c   Andison, David W ^b   Kimmins, J P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Bandaloop Landscape Ecosystem Serv   (Canada)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Boreal mixedwoods; British Columbia; Digital terrain models; Geographical information system; Populus tremuloides; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; DATA REDUCTION; FORESTRY; HARDWOODS; MAPS; REMOTE SENSING; SEED; VEGETATION;

BOREAL MIXEDWOOD SPECIES; DIGITAL TERRAIN MODELS; FOREST INVENTORY MAPS; VEGETATION INDEX;

WOOD PRODUCTS;

BOREAL FOREST; DIGITAL TERRAIN MODEL; FOREST INVENTORY; GIS; SEED DISPERSAL; TOPOGRAPHY; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

DATA PROCESSING; FORESTS; HARDWOODS; MAPS; PLANTS; REMOTE SENSING; SEEDS; WOOD SPECIES;

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

PICEA; PICEA GLAUCA; POPULUS TREMULOIDES;

EID: 15944380100     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2005.01.017     Document Type: Article

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