Stand composition and structure of the boreal mixedwood and epigaeic arthropods of the Ecosystem Management Emulating Natural Disturbance (EMEND) landbase in northwestern Alberta

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 417-430

  Work, Timothy T ^a   Shorthouse, David P ^a   Spence, John R ^a   Volney, W Jan A ^b   Langor, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b NORTHERN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; HARVESTING; PLANTS (BOTANY); STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION); WOOD;

FOREST COMPOSITION; MIXWOODS;

FORESTRY;

ARTHROPOD; BOREAL FOREST; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DISTURBANCE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STAND STRUCTURE;

BIODIVERSITY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HARVESTING; PLANTS; STAND COMPOSITION; WOOD;

ALBERTA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

ANIMALIA; ARANEAE; ARTHROPODA; BRYOPHYTA;

EID: 2342501857     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x03-238     Document Type: Conference Paper

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