Slow growth, long-lived trees, and minimal disturbance characterize the dynamics of an ancient, montane forest in coastal British Columbia

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 2826-2838

  Parish, Roberta ^a   Antos, Joseph A ^b  

^a RESEARCH BRANCH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; GROWTH KINETICS; PLANTS (BOTANY); SEED;

FORESTS CONTROL; SINGLE-TREE GAP DYNAMICS; STAND-LEVEL DISTURBANCE; TREE SPECIES;

FORESTRY;

CONIFEROUS TREE; DISTURBANCE; FOREST DYNAMICS; GAP DYNAMICS; GROWTH RATE; MONTANE FOREST; SEED BANK; VEGETATIVE REPRODUCTION;

BIODIVERSITY; FORESTS; GROWTH; PLANTS; SEEDS;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

ABIES; ABIES AMABILIS; CALLITROPSIS NOOTKATENSIS; CHAMAECYPARIS; TSUGA; TSUGA HETEROPHYLLA; TSUGA MERTENSIANA;

EID: 34247178576     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X06-166     Document Type: Article

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