Demographics and disturbance history of a boreal old-growth Picea abies forest

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 789-798

  Fraver, Shawn ^a   Jonsson, Bengt Gunnar ^b   Jönsson, Mari ^b   Esseen, Per Anders ^c  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b MID SWEDEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Dendrochronology; Late successional forest; Mortality; Permanent plot; Rotated sigmoid diameter distribution; Wood decay fungi; Woody debris

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FOREST; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DEMOGRAPHY; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; EVERGREEN TREE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FUNGUS; MORTALITY; STAND STRUCTURE; WOODY DEBRIS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

ABIES; FUNGI; PICEA ABIES;

EID: 60049083953     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3170/2008-8-18449     Document Type: Article

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