Positive relationship between aboveground carbon stocks and structural diversity in spruce-dominated forest stands in New Brunswick, Canada

Forest Science

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 506-515

  Wang, Weifeng ^a   Lei, Xiangdong ^b   Ma, Zhihai ^a   Kneeshaw, Daniel D ^a   Peng, Changhui ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF FORESTRY   (China)

Author keywords

Forest management; Niche complementarity hypothesis; Shannon Wiener index; Stand structure

Indexed keywords

CARBON STOCKS; COMPLEX FORESTS; DIVERSITY INDEX; EXPLANATORY VARIABLES; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST STAND; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSIONS; NICHE COMPLEMENTARITY HYPOTHESIS; PARTIAL CORRELATION; PARTIAL CUTTING; RESOURCE USE; SHANNON-WIENER INDEX; STAND STRUCTURES; STORAGE CAPACITY; STRUCTURAL DIVERSITY; TOLERANT SPECIES; TREE SPECIES; UNEVEN-AGED STANDS;

BIODIVERSITY; CARBON; CORRELATION METHODS;

FORESTRY;

BIODIVERSITY; CARBON; CORRELATION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTS; NEW BRUNSWICK;

PICEA;

EID: 84863589860     PISSN: 0015749X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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