Biomass and dynamics of attached dead branches in the canopy of 450-year-old Douglas-fir trees

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 378-389

  Ishii, Hiroaki ^a   Kadotani, Tomoko ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; GROWTH KINETICS; RANDOM PROCESSES; WOOD;

CANOPY WOODY DETRITUS; DEAD BRANCHES;

FORESTRY;

BIOMASS; CANOPY; DETRITUS; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FRAGMENTATION;

BIOMASS; FORESTRY; GROWTH; RANDOM PROCESSES; WOOD;

CASCADE RANGE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

ABIES; CONIUM; PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII; TSUGA; TSUGA HETEROPHYLLA;

EID: 33646824382     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x05-244     Document Type: Article

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