Temporal development of decaying log habitats in wet spruce-fir stands in east-central British Columbia

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 2841-2850

  DeLong, S Craig ^a   Daniels, Lori D ^b   Heemskerk, Ben ^a   Storaunet, Ken Olaf ^c  

^a RESEARCH BRANCH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF BIOECONOMY RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STATISTICAL METHODS; VEGETATION; WOOD;

DENDROECOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FIELD INTERPRETATION; INVERTEBRATES;

FORESTRY;

DENDROECOLOGY; HABITAT; INSECTIVORE; INVERTEBRATE; SUBALPINE ENVIRONMENT; VEGETATION;

FOREST MANAGEMENT; PICEA; PLANTS; STATISTICAL METHODS; WOOD;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

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

EID: 33645793688     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x05-215     Document Type: Article

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