The influence of compositional and structural diversity on forest productivity

Forestry

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 121-128

  Long, James N ^a   Shaw, John D ^b  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROUS FOREST; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; MODEL TEST; SITE EFFECT; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

UNITED STATES;

PINUS PONDEROSA;

EID: 77951249453     PISSN: 0015752X     EISSN: 14643626     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/forestry/cpp033     Document Type: Article

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