Comparing classification systems for Ponderosa pine snags in northern Arizona

Western Journal of Applied Forestry

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 233-240

  Waskiewicz, Justin D ^a   Fulé, Peter Z ^b   Beier, Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dendrochronology; Snag dynamics; Wildlife habitat

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORRELATION METHODS; FORESTRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TAXONOMIES;

DENDROCHRONOLOGY; SNAG DYNAMICS; WILDLIFE HABITAT;

SOFTWOODS;

BARK; CLASSIFICATION; FOREST PATHOLOGY; GROWTH RINGS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PINUS PONDEROSA; SIMULATION; WILD LIFE;

EID: 35748974869     PISSN: 08856095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/wjaf/22.4.233     Document Type: Article

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