Deadwood abundance in recently harvested and old nova scotia hardwood forests

Forestry

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 219-227

  Moroni, M T ^a,b   Ryan, D A J ^c  

^a LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND   (Canada)

^c FORESTRY TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; DEAD WOOD; DECIDUOUS FOREST; HARVESTING; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; SNAG; TREE STUMP; WOODY DEBRIS;

CANADA; NOVA SCOTIA;

ACER; ACER SACCHARUM; BETULA ALLEGHANIENSIS; BETULA PAPYRIFERA; FAGUS; FAGUS GRANDIFOLIA;

EID: 77951251483     PISSN: 0015752X     EISSN: 14643626     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/forestry/cpq007     Document Type: Article

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