Effects of forest type and stand structure on coarse woody debris in old-growth rainforests in the Valdivian Andes, south-central Chile

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 255, Issue 5-6, 2008, Pages 1906-1914

  Schlegel, Bastienne C ^a   Donoso, Pablo J ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Dead logs; Laureliopsis; Nothofagus; Saxegothaea; Snags

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; DEBRIS; DECAY (ORGANIC);

COARSE WOODY DEBRIS (CWD); DEAD LOGS; LAURELIOPSIS;

FORESTRY;

COARSE WOODY DEBRIS; CONIFEROUS TREE; DIAMETER; DICOTYLEDON; DISTURBANCE; MIXED FOREST; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; PHYTOMASS; RAINFOREST; SNAG; STAND STRUCTURE; TREEFALL;

BIOMASS; DECAY; FIBER DEBRIS; FORESTRY;

ANDES; AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; CHILE; LOS LAGOS; NEW ZEALAND; PATAGONIA; SOUTH AMERICA; TASMANIA; VALDIVIA;

DASYPHYLLUM; LAURELIOPSIS; LAURELIOPSIS PHILIPPIANA; NOTHOFAGUS; NOTHOFAGUS DOMBEYI; SAXEGOTHAEA; SAXEGOTHAEA CONSPICUA;

EID: 39749196166     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2007.12.013     Document Type: Article

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