Canopy gap characteristics and disturbance dynamics in old-growth Picea abies stands in northern fennoscandia: Is the forest in quasi-equilibrium?

Annales Botanici Fennici

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 251-262

  Caron, Marie Nöelle ^a,b   Kneeshaw, Daniel D ^a   Grandpré, Louis De ^b   Kauhanen, Heikki ^c   Kuuluvainen, Timo ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^c FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Boreal forest; Dendroecology; Finland; Gap dynamics; Growth release; Natu ral disturbance; Stand dynamics

Indexed keywords

PICEA ABIES;

EID: 70349687453     PISSN: 00033847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5735/085.046.0402     Document Type: Conference Paper

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