Calibrating the radial-growth averaging method for detecting releases in old-growth forests of coastal British Columbia, Canada

Dendrochronologia

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 135-147

  Stan, Amanda B ^a   Daniels, Lori D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Basal area increments; Dendroecology; Growth releases; Natural canopy gaps; Release detection methods; Sensitivity analysis

Indexed keywords

BASAL AREA; CALIBRATION; CANOPY GAP; COASTAL ZONE; CONIFEROUS TREE; DENDROECOLOGY; DISTURBANCE; GROWTH RESPONSE; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; RECONSTRUCTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA;

ABIES; ABIES AMABILIS; CONIUM; THUJA; THUJA PLICATA; TSUGA; TSUGA HETEROPHYLLA;

EID: 79954555151     PISSN: 11257865     EISSN: 16120051     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dendro.2009.10.003     Document Type: Article

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