Development of mixed red alder-conifer stands in Southeast Alaska

USDA Forest Service - General Technical Report PNW

Volumn , Issue 563, 2002, Pages 127-134

  Deal, Robert L ^a   Orlikowska, Ewa H ^b  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Overstory understory interactions; Red alder; Silviculture; Southeast Alaska; Stand development; Understory plants

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; OVERSTORY; SILVICULTURE; STAND STRUCTURE; UNDERSTORY;

UNITED STATES;

ALNUS RUBRA; BETULACEAE; CERVIDAE; CONIFEROPHYTA; CONIUM MACULATUM; MAMMALIA; PICEA SITCHENSIS; TSUGA HETEROPHYLLA;

EID: 33646990383     PISSN: 08874840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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