Dendrochronological reconstruction of jack pine snag and downed log dynamics in Saskatchewan and Manitoba, Canada

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 255, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 1262-1270

  Metsaranta, Juha M ^a   Lieffers, Victor J ^a   Wein, Ross W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Coarse woody debris; Decomposition; Dendroecology; Downed logs; Jack pine; Mortality; Snag fall rate; Stand reconstruction

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; DECOMPOSITION; WOOD;

COARSE WOODY DEBRIS; DOWNED LOGS;

FORESTRY;

COARSE WOODY DEBRIS; CONIFEROUS TREE; DECOMPOSITION; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; ESTIMATION METHOD; MORTALITY; PERSISTENCE; RECONSTRUCTION; SELF THINNING; SNAG;

BIODIVERSITY; FORESTRY; WOOD;

CANADA; MANITOBA; NORTH AMERICA; SASKATCHEWAN;

PINUS BANKSIANA;

EID: 38949204547     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2007.10.030     Document Type: Article

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