Snag longevity of Douglas-fir, western hemlock, and western redcedar from permanent sample plots in coastal British Columbia

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 259, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 633-640

  Parish, Roberta ^a   Antos, Joseph A ^b   Ott, Peter K ^a   Lucca, C Mario Di ^a  

^a RESEARCH BRANCH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Pseudotsuga menziesii; Second growth forests; Snag fall rates; Snag persistence; Thuja plicata; Tsuga heterophylla

Indexed keywords

BRITISH COLUMBIA; DOUGLAS FIR; HEIGHT-TO-DIAMETER RATIO; LARGE DATA; LIVE CROWN RATIO; PERMANENT PLOT; PERMANENT SAMPLE PLOTS; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII; RED CEDARS; SECOND-GROWTH FORESTS; SMALL SIZE; SNAG LONGEVITY; SNAG SIZE; STRUCTURAL COMPONENT; SUBCANOPY; TREE MORTALITY; TSUGA HETEROPHYLLA; WESTERN HEMLOCK; WESTERN REDCEDAR;

ANIMALS;

FORESTRY;

ABUNDANCE; DATA SET; DIAMETER; EVERGREEN FOREST; LONGEVITY; MORTALITY; SECONDARY FOREST; SNAG;

ANIMALS; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CEDRELA; PSEUDOTSUGA; TSUGA HETEROPHYLLA;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA;

ANIMALIA; CONIUM; PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII; THUJA; THUJA PLICATA; TSUGA; TSUGA HETEROPHYLLA;

EID: 73049091328     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2009.11.022     Document Type: Article

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