Morphological attributes and snag classification of four North American boreal tree species: Relationships with time since death and wood density

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 263, Issue , 2012, Pages 138-147

  Angers, Virginie A ^a   Bergeron, Y ^a,b   Drapeau, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC EN ABITIBI TÉMISCAMINGUE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Boreal tree species; Decay classification systems; Dendrochronology; Morphological attributes; Snags; Wood density

Indexed keywords

DECAY CLASSIFICATION SYSTEMS; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; MORPHOLOGICAL ATTRIBUTES; SNAGS; TREE SPECIES; WOOD DENSITY;

CLIMATOLOGY; DEGRADATION; FORESTRY;

HARDWOODS;

BOREAL FOREST; DEGRADATION; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; MORPHOLOGY; PALEOBOTANY; PALEOECOLOGY; PENETRATION; SAMPLING; SNAG; WOOD;

ABIES AMABILIS; ANATOMY; BIODIVERSITY; HARDWOODS; METEOROLOGY; MORTALITY; NORTH AMERICA; PICEA MARIANA; PINUS BANKSIANA; WOOD DENSITY;

CANADA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

ABIES; ABIES BALSAMEA; PICEA MARIANA; PINUS BANKSIANA; POPULUS TREMULOIDES;

EID: 80054699955     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2011.09.004     Document Type: Article

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