Understory stump sprout development under variable canopy density and leaf area in coast redwood

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 244, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 76-85

  O'Hara, Kevin L ^a   Stancioiu, Petru Tudor ^b   Spencer, Mark A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b National Forest Administration   (Romania)

Author keywords

Coppice; Leaf area index; Light regimes; Sequoia sempervirens; Stump sprouts; Uneven aged silviculture

Indexed keywords

GROWTH KINETICS; WOOD;

LEAF AREA INDEX; SEQUOIA SEMPERVIRENS; STUMP SPROUTS;

FORESTRY;

CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; COASTAL ZONE; CONIFEROUS FOREST; COPPICE; LEAF AREA INDEX; LIGHT EFFECT; PHYTOMASS; PLANTATION FORESTRY; SILVICULTURE; THINNING; UNDERSTORY;

COPPICE; LEAVES; PLANTS; SILVICULTURE; SPROUTS;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

SEQUOIA SEMPERVIRENS;

EID: 34248376118     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2007.03.062     Document Type: Article

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