Forest dynamics and the growth decline of red spruce and sugar maple on Bolton Mountain, Vermont: A comparison of modeling methods

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 2635-2649

  Gavin, Daniel G ^a,b   Beckage, Brian ^a   Osborne, Benjamin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIDS; AIR POLLUTION; LANDFORMS; SUGAR (SUCROSE); SUGARS;

ACID DEPOSITIONS; CANOPY DISTURBANCES; CLIMATE CORRELATIONS; CONFOUNDING FACTORS; CUMULATIVE IMPACTS; FOREST DYNAMICS; FOREST PLOTS; FREEZE-THAW; GROWTH DECLINES; GROWTH PATTERNS; GROWTH TRAJECTORIES; MODELING METHODS; MONTANE FORESTS; RADIAL GROWTHS; RED SPRUCES; SLOW GROWTHS; STATISTICAL APPROACHES; SUGAR MAPLES; TRADITIONAL ANALYSES; TREE SIZES; UNITED STATES; VERMONT;

FORESTRY;

ACID DEPOSITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONIFEROUS TREE; DECIDUOUS TREE; DENDROCLIMATOLOGY; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FOREST DYNAMICS; GROWTH RESPONSE; MONTANE FOREST; MORTALITY; TREE RING;

ACER SACCHARUM; DEFOLIATION; FOREST CANOPY; FORESTRY; GROWTH; MORTALITY; PICEA; RINGS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VERMONT;

APPALACHIANS; BOLTON MOUNTAIN; GREEN MOUNTAINS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; VERMONT;

ACER; ACER SACCHARUM; HEXAPODA; PICEA; PICEA RUBENS;

EID: 54349093134     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X08-106     Document Type: Article

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