Plant community attributes 12 to 14 years following precommercial thinning in a young lodgepole pine forest

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 48-61

  Lindgren, P M F ^a   Ransome, D B ^a   Sullivan, D S ^a   Sullivan, T P ^a,b  

^a Applied Mammal Research Institute   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; FORESTRY;

PLANT COMMUNITY; STRUCTURAL DIVERSITY; THINNING DENSITIES;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ABUNDANCE; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; EVERGREEN FOREST; MOSS; PLANT COMMUNITY; SHRUB; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; THINNING; UNDERSTORY;

FOREST CANOPY; FORESTS; PINUS; PLANTS; SHRUBS;

BRYOPHYTA; PINUS CONTORTA;

EID: 33646544783     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x05-228     Document Type: Article

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