Relative size and stand age determine Pinus banksiana mortality

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 255, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 3980-3984

  Chen, Han Y H ^a   Fu, Songling ^a   Monserud, Robert A ^b   Gillies, Ian C ^a  

^a LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Boreal forest; Jack pine; Logistic model; Relative competitiveness; Stand composition

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

LOGISTIC MODEL; RELATIVE COMPETITIVENESS;

FORESTRY;

AGE; BOREAL FOREST; COMPETITIVE ABILITY; CONIFEROUS TREE; DIAMETER; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ESTIMATION METHOD; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MORTALITY; SIZE EFFECT;

DATA PROCESSING; FORESTRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PINUS BANKSIANA; STAND COMPOSITION;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

PINUS BANKSIANA;

EID: 44549088402     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2008.03.040     Document Type: Article

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