Mineralization rates and factors influencing snag decay in four North American boreal tree species

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 157-166

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

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC EN ABITIBI TÉMISCAMINGUE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABIES BALSAMEA; BALSAM FIR; BLACK SPRUCE; DEAD TREES; DECAY RATE; DIAMETER-AT-BREAST HEIGHTS; EASTERN NORTH AMERICA; FALLEN TREE; JACK PINE; NORTH AMERICAN; PICEA MARIANA; PINUS BANKSIANA; POPULUS TREMULOIDES; QUEBEC , CANADA; RADIAL GROWTH; RAPID RATE; TIME SINCE DEATH; TIME-PERIODS; TREE SPECIES; TREMBLING ASPEN; WOOD DENSITY;

DECAY (ORGANIC); ECOLOGY; HARDWOODS; MINERALOGY; POPULATION STATISTICS;

FORESTRY;

BEETLE; CONIFEROUS TREE; DEAD WOOD; DICOTYLEDON; LARVA; SNAG;

ABIES AMABILIS; BIOLOGICAL POPULATIONS; DECAY; ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; HARDWOODS; POPULUS TREMULOIDES;

CANADA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

EID: 83755163678     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: 12086037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X11-167     Document Type: Article

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