Thinning method and intensity influence long-term mortality trends in a red pine forest

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 260, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1138-1148

  Powers, Matthew D ^a,b   Palik, Brian J ^a   Bradford, John B ^a   Fraver, Shawn ^a   Webster, Christopher R ^b  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Pinus resinosa; Stand dynamics; Thinning; Tree mortality

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS PRODUCTIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FOREST DEVELOPMENT; GROWING SEASON; GROWING STOCKS; IN-CONTROL; MINNESOTA , USA; MORTALITY RATE; PINE FOREST; PINUS RESINOSA; RELATIVE DENSITY; RISING TEMPERATURES; SELF-THINNING; STAND DYNAMICS; STAND STRUCTURES; TEMPERATURE VARIABLES; TEMPORAL TRENDS; THINNING; THINNING FROM BELOW; THINNING METHODS; THINNING TREATMENT; TREE MORTALITY;

BIOMASS;

FORESTRY;

CONIFEROUS FOREST; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FORESTRY PRODUCTION; GROWING SEASON; MORTALITY; PHYTOMASS; STAND DYNAMICS; STAND STRUCTURE; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; THINNING;

BIOMASS; FORESTRY; MORTALITY; PINUS RESINOSA; THINNING; TREES;

MINNESOTA; UNITED STATES;

PINUS RESINOSA;

EID: 77955775923     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2010.07.002     Document Type: Article

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