Response of the cover of berry-producing species to ecological factors on the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska, USA

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1244-1259

  Suring, Lowell H ^a   Goldstein, Michael I ^b   Howell, Susan M ^b   Nations, Christopher S ^c  

^a ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^c West Incorporated   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TIMBER;

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; LANDSCAPE; STRAWBERRYLEAF RASPBERRY;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

BEETLE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FOREST COVER; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FRUIT; OVERSTORY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

BERRYA; INFESTATION;

ALASKA; KENAI PENINSULA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

COLEOPTERA; CORNUS; CORNUS CANADENSIS; DENDROCTONUS RUFIPENNIS; EMPETRUM NIGRUM; GEOCAULON; GEOCAULON LIVIDUM; PICEA; RUBUS GLAUCUS; RUBUS PEDATUS; VACCINIUM; VACCINIUM VITIS-IDAEA;

EID: 44449132061     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X07-229     Document Type: Article

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