Potential site productivity influences the rate of forest structural development

Ecological Applications

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 899-910

  Larson, Andrew J ^a   Lutz, James A ^a   Gersonde, Rolf F ^b   Franklin, Jerry F ^a   Hietpas, Forest F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Watershed Services Division   (United States)

Author keywords

Douglas fir; Forest restoration; Forest structural development; Late successional; Productivity; Pseudotsuga menziesii; Resilience; Succession

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CONIFEROUS FOREST; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; FORESTRY PRODUCTION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; STAND STRUCTURE; SUCCESSION; TIMBER HARVESTING;

CONIFEROPHYTA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII;

ARTICLE; DOUGLAS FIR; ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; TREE; UNITED STATES;

ECOSYSTEM; PSEUDOTSUGA; TREES; WASHINGTON;

EID: 50549100706     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/07-1191.1     Document Type: Article

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