Modeling dead wood in Fennoscandian old-growth forests dominated by Norway spruce

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1025-1034

  Ranius, Thomas ^a   Jonsson, Bengt Gunnar ^b   Kruys, Nicholas ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b MID SWEDEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEBRIS; DECAY (ORGANIC); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; WOOD;

COARSE WOODY DEBRIS (CWD); OLD-GROWTH FORESTS;

FORESTRY;

COARSE WOODY DEBRIS; DEAD WOOD; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; OLD-GROWTH FOREST;

EURASIA; FENNOSCANDIA;

ABIES; PICEA; PICEA ABIES;

EID: 3142623180     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x03-271     Document Type: Article

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