Relative importance of different secondary successional pathways in an Alaskan boreal forest

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1911-1923

  Kurkowski, Thomas A ^a,b   Mann, Daniel H ^a   Rupp, T Scott ^a   Verbyla, David L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b Division of Forestry State of Alaska   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC COMPOUNDS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CLIMATE CHANGE; FORESTRY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SOLAR RADIATION;

BOREAL FORESTS; CLIMATE WARMING; DECIDUOUS TREES; DOMINANT TREE SPECIES; FIRE FREQUENCIES; FOREST COMPOSITION; RELATIVE FREQUENCIES; RELATIVE IMPORTANCE; SOLAR INSOLATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF; SPECIES COMPOSITIONS; STAND AGE; TREE SPECIES;

FREQUENCY RESPONSE;

BOREAL FOREST; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DECIDUOUS TREE; DOMINANCE; FOREST FIRE; SECONDARY SUCCESSION;

ARSENIC COMPOUNDS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CLIMATES; FORESTRY; SUN LIGHT;

ALASKA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

PICEA MARIANA;

EID: 47649095241     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X08-039     Document Type: Article

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