Self-thinning dynamics in a balsam fir (Abies balsamea (L.) Mill.) insect-mediated boreal forest chronosequence

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 241, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 295-309

  McCarthy, John W ^a   Weetman, Gordon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Hemlock looper; Newfoundland; Reduced major axis; Spruce budworm; Stand development

Indexed keywords

DENSITY MEASUREMENT (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); ECOLOGY;

HEMLOCK LOOPER; REDUCED MAJOR AXIS; STAND DEVELOPMENT;

FORESTRY;

BOREAL FOREST; CHRONOSEQUENCE; CONIFEROUS TREE; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; HERBIVORY; INSECT; MORTALITY; SELF THINNING; STAND DYNAMICS;

ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; NEWFOUNDLAND; SPRUCE BUDWORM;

CANADA; NEWFOUNDLAND; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR; NORTH AMERICA;

ABIES; ABIES BALSAMEA; CHORISTONEURA FUMIFERANA; CONIUM; HEXAPODA; LAMBDINA FISCELLARIA; PICEA; PICEA MARIANA;

EID: 33847266187     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2007.01.001     Document Type: Article

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