Cambial mortality in declining Austrocedrus chilensis forests: Implications for stand dynamics studies

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 885-893

  Amoroso, Mariano M ^a   Daniels, Lori D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURES; CANOPY POSITION; CANOPY TREES; CUMULATIVE FREQUENCIES; HEALTH CONDITION; MORTALITY RATE; NOVEL METHODS; POTENTIAL SOURCES; STAND DYNAMICS; SUB-CANOPY TREES; TREE AGE;

FORESTRY;

AGE DETERMINATION; AGE STRUCTURE; CONIFEROUS FOREST; MORTALITY; POPULATION DECLINE; STAND DYNAMICS; TREE RING;

FORESTRY; FORESTS; MORTALITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

AUSTROCEDRUS CHILENSIS;

EID: 77951995876     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X10-042     Document Type: Article

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