Assessing and modeling snag survival and decay dynamics for the primary species in the Acadian forest of Maine, USA

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 284, Issue , 2012, Pages 230-240

  Russell, Matthew B ^a   Weiskittel, Aaron R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Abies balsamea (L.) Mill.; Coarse woody debris; Picea rubens Sarg.; Silviculture; Standing dead trees; Transition matrix

Indexed keywords

ABIES BALSAMEA; COARSE WOODY DEBRIS; PICEA RUBENS SARG; SILVICULTURE; STANDING DEAD TREES; TRANSITION MATRICES;

DYNAMICS; ESTIMATION; FORESTRY; PROBABILITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

DECAY (ORGANIC);

CARBON BALANCE; CONIFEROUS FOREST; FORESTRY MODELING; PROBABILITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SILVICULTURE; SNAG; SURVIVAL;

ABIES BALSAMEA; DECAY; FORESTRY; PICEA RUBENS; PROBABILITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SILVICULTURE; WOOD;

ACADIA; MAINE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ABIES; ABIES BALSAMEA; ACER; ACER RUBRUM; BETULA PAPYRIFERA; CONIFEROPHYTA; PICEA; PICEA RUBENS; THUJA OCCIDENTALIS; TSUGA; TSUGA CANADENSIS;

EID: 84865966812     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2012.08.004     Document Type: Article

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