Midcanopy growth following thinning in young-growth conifer forests on the Olympic Peninsula western Washington

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 259, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1606-1614

  Comfort, Emily J ^a   Roberts, Scott D ^a   Harrington, Constance A ^b  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Forest structural development; Midcanopy; Variable density thinning; Western hemlock; Western redcedar

Indexed keywords

BASAL AREA GROWTH; CONIFER FORESTS; CROWN SIZE; EFFECTIVE TOOL; LOCAL ENVIRONMENTS; MATRIX; OLD-GROWTH; OLYMPICS; RAPID RESPONSE; STRUCTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; STRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT; TREE SIZE; TSUGA HETEROPHYLLA; WASHINGTON; WESTERN HEMLOCK; WESTERN REDCEDAR; YOUNG-GROWTH FORESTS;

COMPETITION;

FORESTRY;

BASAL AREA; CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; CONIFEROUS FOREST; EVERGREEN FOREST; FOREST CANOPY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GROWTH RESPONSE; SUCCESSION; THINNING;

BASAL AREA; COMPETITION; FORESTS; THINNING; THUJA PLICATA; TSUGA HETEROPHYLLA;

OLYMPIC PENINSULA; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

CONIFEROPHYTA; CONIUM; THUJA; THUJA PLICATA; TSUGA; TSUGA HETEROPHYLLA;

EID: 77649271321     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2010.01.038     Document Type: Article

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