Inonotus tomentosus and the dynamics of unmanaged and partial-cut wet sub-boreal spruce-fir forests

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2663-2676

  Newbery, J E ^a   Lewis, Kathy J ^b   Walters, Michael B ^c  

^a Sault College of Applied Arts and Technology   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; HARVESTING; WETTING;

INONOTUS TOMENTOSUS; PARTIAL CUTTING; UNINFECTED FORESTS;

FORESTRY;

DISTURBANCE; EVERGREEN FOREST; FOREST DYNAMICS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FUNGUS; UNITED NATIONS;

ABIES; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HARVESTING; PICEA;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

ABIES; ABIES LASIOCARPA; INONOTUS TOMENTOSUS; PICEA; PICEA ENGELMANNII; PICEA GLAUCA;

EID: 38849138647     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X07-117     Document Type: Article

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