Spatial patterns of regeneration in managed uneven-aged ponderosa pine/Douglas-fir forests of Western Montana, USA

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 223, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 255-266

  Fajardo, Alex ^a   Goodburn, John M ^a   Graham, Jonathan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

Facilitation; Index of association; Pinus ponderosa; Pseudotsuga menziesii; Recruitment; Ripley's L function; Spatial association; Uneven aged

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; FUNCTIONS; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS;

FACILITATION; INDEX OF ASSOCIATION; RIPLEY'S-L FUNCTION; SPATIAL ASSOCIATION; UNEVEN-AGED;

FORESTRY;

FACILITATION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GAP DYNAMICS; REGENERATION;

BIODIVERSITY; PINUS PONDEROSA; PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII; RECRUITMENT; REFORESTATION; SAPLINGS;

MONTANA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ABIES; PINUS PONDEROSA; PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII;

EID: 32344449286     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2005.11.022     Document Type: Article

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