Relations between red alder composition and understory vegetation in young mixed forests of southeast Alaska

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 738-748

  Hanley, Thomas A ^a   Deal, Robert L ^a   Orlikowska, Ewa H ^a  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; VEGETATION;

FOOD BASED HABITAT MODEL; HERBACEOUS PRODUCTION; WILDLIFE HABITAT; YOUNG GROWTH FORESTS;

HARDWOODS;

CONIFEROUS FOREST; FOREST DYNAMICS; MIXED FOREST; STAND DYNAMICS; UNDERSTORY; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

ALNUS RUBRA; BIOMASS; PLANTS;

ALASKA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ALNUS RUBRA; BETULACEAE; CERVIDAE; CONIFEROPHYTA; CONIUM; ODOCOILEUS HEMIONUS COLUMBIANUS; ODOCOILEUS HEMIONUS SITKENSIS; PICEA SITCHENSIS; THUJA; THUJA PLICATA; TSUGA; TSUGA HETEROPHYLLA;

EID: 33745637701     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x05-290     Document Type: Article

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