Effects of diversity of tree species and size on forest basal area growth, recruitment, and mortality

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 243, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 116-127

  Liang, Jingjing ^a   Buongiorno, Joseph ^b   Monserud, Robert A ^c   Kruger, Eric L ^b   Zhou, Mo ^b  

^a USDA Forest Service Forestry Science Lab   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Forest growth; Mortality; Recruitment; Size diversity; Spatial autocorrelation; Species diversity

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

CONIFER FOREST; FOREST GROWTH; SIZE DIVERSITY; SPATIAL AUTOCORRELATION;

BIODIVERSITY;

BASAL AREA; BIODIVERSITY; CONIFEROUS FOREST; CONIFEROUS TREE; EVERGREEN FOREST; EVERGREEN TREE; GROWTH; MIXED FOREST; MORTALITY; RECRUITMENT; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SURVIVAL;

BIODIVERSITY; FORESTRY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; OREGON; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

CONIFEROPHYTA; CONIUM;

EID: 34047270088     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2007.02.028     Document Type: Article

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