A new dendroecological method to differentiate growth responses to fine-scale disturbance from regional-scale environmental variation

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1034-1043

  Thompson, R Douglas ^a   Daniels, Lori D ^b   Lewis, Kathy J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARK STRIPPING; DATABASE SYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

DENDROECOLOGICAL METHOD; FINE-SCALE CANOPY GAP; FINE-SCALE DISTURBANCE; GAP-FILLER SERIES; RADIAL GROWTH;

FORESTRY;

CONIFEROUS FOREST; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; DISTURBANCE; GROWTH RESPONSE; MORTALITY; OVERSTORY;

ECOLOGY; FORESTRY;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

ABIES; COLEOPTERA; PICEA; SCOLYTINAE;

EID: 34948896390     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X06-300     Document Type: Article

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