Tree age estimation for the tropics: A test from the southern Appalachians

Ecological Applications

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1718-1732

  Baker, Patrick J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b PACIFIC SOUTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Age estimation; Appalachian forest, southern; Crown class; Model testing; Periodic annual increment; Stand dynamics; Suppression; Temperate forests; Tropical forests

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; DIAMETER; GROWTH RATE; MODEL TEST; STAND DYNAMICS; TEMPERATE FOREST; TREE; TROPICAL FOREST;

APPALACHIANS; NORTH AMERICA;

LIRIODENDRON; LIRIODENDRON TULIPERIFERA; LIRIODENDRON TULIPIFERA; POPULUS BEROLINENSIS; QUERCUS; QUERCUS MONTANA; QUERCUS PRINUS;

EID: 1642263400     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/02-5025     Document Type: Article

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