Red alder stand development and dynamics

USDA Forest Service - General Technical Report PNW

Volumn , Issue 669, 2006, Pages 45-54

  Deal, Robert L ^a  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Alnus rubra; Forest succession; Mixed alder conifer stands; Red alder; Stand development; Stand dynamics

Indexed keywords

DECIDUOUS TREE; GROWTH RATE; SITE INDEX; SPECIES RICHNESS; STAND STRUCTURE; SUCCESSION;

ALNUS; ALNUS RUBRA; BETULACEAE; CONIFEROPHYTA; CONIUM; PICEA SITCHENSIS; PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII; THUJA PLICATA; TSUGA HETEROPHYLLA;

EID: 33746125311     PISSN: 08874840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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