Temporal dynamics of snags and development of snag habitats in wet spruce-fir stands in east-central British Columbia

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 255, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 3613-3620

  DeLong, S Craig ^a   Sutherland, Glenn D ^b   Daniels, Lori D ^c   Heemskerk, Ben H ^a   Storaunet, Ken Olaf ^d  

^a RESEARCH BRANCH   (Canada)

^b Cortex Consultants Inc ^*  (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF BIOECONOMY RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Deadwood modelling; Fall rates; Snag habitat; Snags; Tree mortality

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

DEADWOOD MODELS; SNAG HABITAT; SNAGS; TEMPORAL DYNAMICS;

FORESTRY;

BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; CONIFEROUS TREE; DENDROECOLOGY; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; MODELING; MORTALITY; SAMPLING; SNAG; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ABIES; ECOSYSTEMS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MORTALITY;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

ABIES; ABIES LASIOCARPA; PICEA; PICEA GLAUCA;

EID: 42649125991     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2008.02.043     Document Type: Article

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