Stand-level spatial dependence in an old-growth Jeffrey pine -mixed conifer forest, Sierra San Pedro Mártir, Mexico

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1803-1814

  Fry, Danny L ^a   Stephens, Scott L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FOREST STRUCTURE; FUEL TREATMENTS; JEFFREY PINE; ME-XICO; MIXED-CONIFER FORESTS; NEGATIVE CORRELATION; OLD-GROWTH; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; PINUS JEFFREYI; SEMI VARIANCES; SPATIAL CORRELATIONS; SPATIAL DEPENDENCE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL HETEROGENEITY; SPATIAL PATTERNS; SPATIAL RELATIONSHIPS; STUDY AREAS; VARIOGRAMS; WHITE FIRS;

CONSERVATION; ECOSYSTEMS; FUELS;

FORESTRY;

CONIFEROUS TREE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY MODELING; FUEL; HETEROGENEITY; MAPPING METHOD; MIXED FOREST; OVERSTORY; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STANDARDIZATION; VARIOGRAM;

CONSERVATION; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; FUELS;

BAJA CALIFORNIA [(STT) MEXICO]; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; SIERRA SAN PEDRO MARTIR NATIONAL PARK;

ABIES; ABIES CONCOLOR; ABIES GRANDIS; CONIFEROPHYTA; PINUS JEFFREYI;

EID: 77958040107     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: 12086037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X10-122     Document Type: Article

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