Boreal forests of Kamchatka: Structure and composition

Forests

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 154-176

  Eichhorn, Markus P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Birch; Far east russia; Forest mensuration; Larch; Pine; Size distribution

Indexed keywords

BASAL AREA; BIRCH; BOREAL FORESTS; FAR EAST RUSSIA; GROUND AREA; HUMAN IMPACT; KAMCHATKA; LARCH; OLD-GROWTH; PINE; SOIL CHARACTERISTICS; SUBCANOPY; TREE HEIGHT; TREE LINE; UPLAND SOIL;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION; LANDFORMS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

FORESTRY;

ALTITUDE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BASAL AREA; BOREAL FOREST; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONIFEROUS TREE; DECIDUOUS TREE; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; PH; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; TREELINE; UPLAND REGION;

BETULA; CLIMATES; CONSERVATION; FORESTRY; LARIX;

KAMCHATKA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

BETULA PLATYPHYLLA; LARIX; LARIX CAJANDERI; PINUS PUMILA;

EID: 79955553755     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19994907     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/f1030154     Document Type: Article

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