Structure and dynamics of trembling aspen - White spruce mixed stands near Fort Nelson, B.C.

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 384-395

  Kabzems, Richard ^a   García, Oscar ^b  

^a RESEARCH BRANCH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; DECAY (ORGANIC); ECOSYSTEMS; PATTERN RECOGNITION;

INTERNAL DECAY; TREE LONGEVITY;

FORESTRY;

BOREAL FOREST; GROWTH; MIXED FOREST; RECRUITMENT; STAND DYNAMICS; STAND STRUCTURE;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; FORT NELSON; NORTH AMERICA;

PICEA; PICEA GLAUCA; POPULUS; POPULUS TREMULOIDES;

EID: 2342655119     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x03-254     Document Type: Conference Paper

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