Disturbance history affects dead wood abundance in Newfoundland boreal forests

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 3194-3208

  Moroni, Martin T ^a  

^a LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; FORESTRY; HARVESTING;

DEAD WOOD STOCKS; DIAMETER DISTRIBUTION; NATURAL DISTURBANCES;

WOOD;

ABUNDANCE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOMASS; BOREAL FOREST; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DEAD WOOD; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; HARVESTING; SNAG; THINNING; WOODY DEBRIS;

BIOMASS; FORESTS; HARVESTING; WOOD;

CANADA; NEWFOUNDLAND; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR; NORTH AMERICA;

ABIES; ABIES BALSAMEA; PICEA MARIANA;

EID: 34249894723     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X06-195     Document Type: Article

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