A density management diagram for longleaf pine stands with application to red-cockaded woodpecker habitat

Southern Journal of Applied Forestry

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 28-38

  Shaw, John D ^a   Long, James N ^b  

^a ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Picoides borealis; Pinus palustris; Silviculture; Stand density index; Stocking diagram

Indexed keywords

BIRDS; ECOLOGY; MANAGEMENT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SOFTWOODS;

DENSITY MANAGEMENT DIAGRAM; HABITAT; PICOIDES BOREALIS; RED-COCKADED WOODPECKER; STAND DENSITY INDEX; STOCKING DIAGRAM;

FORESTRY;

BIOLOGICAL POPULATIONS; BIRDS; ECOLOGY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; PINUS; PINUS PALUSTRIS; SILVICULTURE;

PICOIDES BOREALIS; PINUS PALUSTRIS;

EID: 33947625646     PISSN: 01484419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sjaf/31.1.28     Document Type: Article

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