Spatial patterns of trees of different size in boreal Pinus sylvestris forest sites with different fire histories

Community Ecology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-12

  Rouvinen, Seppo ^a   Kuuluvainen, T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Competition; Forest structure; Mature forest; Point pattern analysis; Regeneration; Scots pine; Spatial interaction

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FOREST; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); FIRE HISTORY; REGENERATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STAND STRUCTURE;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; WORLD;

PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 20544477416     PISSN: 15858553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/ComEc.6.2005.1.1     Document Type: Article

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