Variation in stand mortality related to successional composition

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 200, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 149-160

  Caspersen, John P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Species composition; Stand composition; Stand mortality; Successional niche; Successional status

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION; FORESTRY;

MORTALITY RATE; SPECIES;

BIOMASS;

BASAL AREA; FOREST DYNAMICS; GROWTH RATE; MORTALITY; STAND STRUCTURE; SUCCESSION;

BIOMASS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTATION; TREES;

MICHIGAN; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 4544276443     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2004.06.015     Document Type: Article

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