Reconstructing population dynamics of yellow-cedar in declining stands: Baseline information from tree rings

Tree-Ring Research

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 13-25

  Stan, Amanda B ^a   Maertens, Thomas B ^a   Daniels, Lori D ^a   Zeglen, Stefan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b RESEARCH BRANCH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chamaecyparis nootkatensis; coastal British Columbia; decay class; Dendrochronology; forest decline; partial cambial mortality; tree mortality

Indexed keywords

CALLITROPSIS NOOTKATENSIS; CHAMAECYPARIS;

EID: 79951784023     PISSN: 15361098     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3959/2009-7.1     Document Type: Article

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