Spatially explicit modeling of overstory manipulations in young forests: Effects on stand structure and light

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 220, Issue 24, 2009, Pages 3565-3575

  Sprugel, Douglas G ^a   Rascher, Katherine G ^a   Gersonde, Rolf ^b   Dovčiak, Martin ^a   Lutz, James A ^a   Halpern, Charles B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Seattle Public Utilities   (United States)

Author keywords

Forest gaps; Forest restoration; Forest thinning; Light model; Spatial analysis; Stand structure; tRAYci

Indexed keywords

FOREST GAPS; FOREST RESTORATION; FOREST THINNING; LIGHT MODEL; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STAND STRUCTURE; TRAYCI;

CONSERVATION; ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; RESTORATION;

STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION);

BASAL AREA; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GAP DYNAMICS; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; OVERSTORY; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SHADE TOLERANCE; SILVICULTURE; SIZE STRUCTURE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STAND STRUCTURE; THINNING;

CONSERVATION; ECOLOGY; FORESTS; RESTORATION; THINNING;

EID: 70449513735     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2009.07.029     Document Type: Article

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