Spatial relationships and tree species associations across a 236-year boreal mixedwood chronosequence

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 750-761

  Park, Andrew ^a,c   Kneeshaw, Daniel ^a   Bergeron, Yves ^b   Leduc, Alain ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC EN ABITIBI TÉMISCAMINGUE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WINNIPEG   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHOTOGRAPHY; SEED; SPATIAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; STATISTICAL METHODS;

FINE-GRAINED ASSOCIATIONS; MIXEDWOOD CHRONOSEQUENCE; PATCH INDICES; TRANSITION MATRICES;

FORESTRY;

BOREAL FOREST; CHRONOSEQUENCE; FOREST DYNAMICS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

FORESTRY; PHOTOGRAPHY; SEEDLINGS; SEEDS; SOFTWOODS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

CANADA; LAKE DUPARQUET; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC [CANADA]; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ABIES; ABIES BALSAMEA; BETULA PAPYRIFERA; CONIFEROPHYTA; THUJA OCCIDENTALIS;

EID: 22144469456     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x04-199     Document Type: Article

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