108 years of change in spatial pattern following selective harvest of a Pinus ponderosa stand in northern Arizona

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 79-90

  Sánchez, Meador A J ^a   Moore, M M ^a,b   Bakker, J D ^c   Parysow, P F ^a  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Clark and evans' R; Fort Valley Experimental Forest; Gap model; Moran's I; Neyman scott process; Recruitment pattern; Residual stand; Ripley's K; Woolsey permanent plots

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROUS FOREST; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HARVESTING; HOMOGENEITY; PATCHINESS; RECONSTRUCTION; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); STAND STRUCTURE;

ARIZONA; FLAGSTAFF; FORT VALLEY EXPERIMENTAL FOREST; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

PINUS PONDEROSA;

EID: 70249151017     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-1103.2009.05464.x     Document Type: Article

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