Development of canopy structure in Pseudotsuga menziesii forests in the southern Washington Cascades

Forest Science

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 326-341

  Van Pelt, Robert ^a   Nadkarni, Nalini M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b EVERGREEN STATE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Canopies; Crowns; Douglas fir; Pacific Northwest; Stand development

Indexed keywords

MONOLAYERS;

CANOPY STRUCTURE;

FORESTRY;

ABIES; PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII;

EID: 3542995128     PISSN: 0015749X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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