Rate and causes of decline of mature and overmature balsam fir and spruce stands in New Brunswick, Canada

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 2479-2490

  Taylor, Sarah Lesley ^a   MacLean, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PERMANENT SAMPLE PLOTS (PSPS); SPECIES GROUPS; VOLUME-DEVELOPMENT CLASSES;

FORESTRY;

ECOREGION; GROWTH RATE; MORTALITY; PEST OUTBREAK; WINDTHROW;

ABIES BALSAMEA; FORESTS; PICEA;

CANADA; NEW BRUNSWICK; NORTH AMERICA;

ABIES; ABIES BALSAMEA; INSECTA; PICEA;

EID: 33644531916     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x05-142     Document Type: Article

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