Determinants of tree mortality in mixed old-growth Nothofagus forest

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 270, Issue , 2012, Pages 189-199

  Hurst, Jennifer M ^a,d   Stewart, Glenn H ^b   Perry, George L W ^c   Wiser, Susan K ^d   Norton, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^d LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Disturbance; Nothofagus; Spatial pattern; Tree mortality

Indexed keywords

CANOPY GAPS; DISTURBANCE; INDIVIDUAL-BASED; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIXED-SPECIES FORESTS; MORTALITY PATTERNS; MORTALITY RATE; NOTHOFAGUS; NOTHOFAGUS FORESTS; OLD-GROWTH; OLD-GROWTH STANDS; SOUTH ISLAND , NEW ZEALAND; SPATIAL PATTERNS; SPATIAL POINT PROCESS; SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT; TREE MORTALITY; TREE SPECIES;

AGGREGATES; ECOLOGY; POPULATION STATISTICS;

REFORESTATION;

COEXISTENCE; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DISTURBANCE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; MIXED FOREST; MORTALITY; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; STAND DYNAMICS; SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY;

MARUIA BASIN; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND;

NOTHOFAGUS; NOTHOFAGUS FUSCA; NOTHOFAGUS MENZIESII;

EID: 84857013540     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2012.01.029     Document Type: Article

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