Abundance and production of riparian trees in the lowland floodplain of the Queets River, Washington

Ecosystems

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 841-861

  Balian, Estelle V ^a,b   Naiman, Robert J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Alluvial river; Basal area growth; Pacific Northwest; Production dynamics; Riparian forest; Stem production; Tree growth

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BASAL AREA; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RIPARIAN VEGETATION;

NORTH AMERICA; OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK; QUEETS RIVER; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES]; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ACER; ACER CIRCINATUM; ACER MACROPHYLLUM; ALNUS RUBRA; BETULACEAE; CONIUM; PICEA SITCHENSIS; POPULUS BALSAMIFERA SUBSP. TRICHOCARPA; SALIX; TSUGA; TSUGA HETEROPHYLLA;

EID: 27744515120     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: 14350629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10021-005-0043-4     Document Type: Article

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