Snag longevity under alternative silvicultural regimes in mixed-species forests of central Maine

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 787-796

  Garber, Sean M ^a   Brown, John P ^b   Wilson, Duncan S ^c   Maguire, Douglas A ^a   Heath, Linda S ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; DATA REDUCTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY;

SNAG LONGEVITY; SPECIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREE MORTALITY;

FORESTRY;

LONGEVITY; MIXED FOREST; SILVICULTURE; SNAG;

CARBON; FORESTS; HEIGHT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY; SILVICULTURE; STAND DENSITY;

MAINE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

PICEA; THUJA OCCIDENTALIS;

EID: 22744438279     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x05-021     Document Type: Article

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