Estimating time since death of Picea glauca x P. engelmannii and Abies lasiocarpa in wet cool sub-boreal spruce forest in east-central British Columbia

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 931-938

  Newberry, J E ^a   Lewis, K J ^b   Walters, M B ^c  

^a Forest Resources Technology Program   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

TREE DEATH; TREE RING ANALYSIS;

FORESTRY;

CONIFEROUS FOREST; DISTURBANCE; ESTIMATION METHOD; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE REGRESSION;

FORESTRY; FORESTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MORTALITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TREES;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

ABIES; ABIES LASIOCARPA; PICEA; PICEA ENGELMANNII; PICEA GLAUCA;

EID: 3042595963     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x03-260     Document Type: Article

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