Long-term compositional dynamics of acadian mixedwood stands under different silvicultural regimes

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1993-2002

  Olson, Matthew G ^a   Wagner, Robert G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABIES BALSAMEA; BALSAM FIR; DISTURBANCE HISTORY; HARVEST INTENSITY; INITIAL COMPOSITION; MIXEDWOOD FORESTS; MIXEDWOOD STANDS; NORTHERN CONIFERS; PERMANENT SAMPLE PLOTS; PRE-TREATMENT; SILVICULTURAL TREATMENTS; STAND DYNAMICS; SUB-CLUSTERS; TREE SPECIES COMPOSITION; UNEVEN-AGED;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DYNAMICS; EXPERIMENTS; FORESTRY;

HARVESTING;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONIFEROUS TREE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MIXED FOREST; POPULATION DECLINE; SILVICULTURE;

ABIES AMABILIS; DYNAMICS; EXPERIMENTATION; FORESTRY; FORESTS; HARVESTING; MAINE; SILVICULTURE; TABEBUIA;

MAINE; UNITED STATES;

ABIES; ABIES BALSAMEA; CONIFEROPHYTA; THUJA OCCIDENTALIS;

EID: 77958531306     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: 12086037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x10-145     Document Type: Article

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