Spatial relationship of biomass and species distribution in an old-growth Pseudotsuga-Tsuga forest

Forest Science

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 364-375

  Chen, Jiquan ^a   Song, Bo ^b   Rudnicki, Mark ^c   Moeur, Melinda ^d   Bible, Ken ^f   North, Malcolm ^e   Shaw, Dave C ^f   Franklin, Jerry F ^f   Braun, Dave M ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

^b CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^d USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Aboveground biomass (AGB); Canopies; Douglas fir; Old growth; Semivariogram; Spatial pattern analysis; WRCCRF

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; MONITORING; STATISTICAL METHODS;

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS (AGB); BASAL AREA;

BIOMASS;

ABIES; ABIES AMABILIS; ABIES GRANDIS; PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII; TAXUS; TAXUS BREVIFOLIA; THUJA; THUJA PLICATA; TSUGA; TSUGA HETEROPHYLLA;

EID: 3543035834     PISSN: 0015749X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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